Japan would be a "capable participant" in the evolving U.S.-U.K.-Australia defense partnership, an unreleased U.S. State Department assessment to Congress has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/japan-role-in-us-uk-australia-defense-pact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #defense #defenseministry #sdf #aukus
Japan and India can secure sustained U.S. engagement in the Indo-Pacific by building energy, technology and defense partnerships so commercially and strategically compelling that Washington cannot afford to walk away. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/17/world/japan-india-us-indo-pacific/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #usjapanrelations #indiajapanrelations #india #us #aukus #thequad #indopacific
The Bank of Japan is set to sit tight and hold the policy rate at 0.5% at its meeting this week even as inflation remains high. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/markets/boj-preview-september-2025-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy
U.S. tariffs on Japanese autos formally cut to 15% from 27.5% in long-awaited implementation of July 22 agreement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/markets/15-percent-auto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
The Defense Ministry plans to have the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Chokai test-fire a U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missile in the United States by next summer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/japan/msdf-chokai-test-fire-tomahawk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #defense #msdf #missiles #aegis #usjapanrelations #sdf #usmilitary #china #northkorea #russia
A rate increase in Japan is less likely following Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation as political uncertainty ties the Bank of Japan's hands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/11/economy/shiba-resignation-boj/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy
U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works is reportedly ending steel slab processing, just months after the Nippon Steel acquisition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/companies/granite-city-works/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#nipponsteel #ussteel #acquisitions #steel #manufacturing #usjapanrelations
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation after less than a year in office highlights Japan’s deepening political fragility even as its global role and importance in the U.S.–Japan alliance continue to grow. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/10/japan/the-future-of-japan-us-relations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #us #usjapanrelations #shigeruishiba #donaldtrump
The U.S. military is for the first time bringing some of its most advanced missile systems for keeping Chinese forces at bay to joint training with Japan, part of a gradual policy shift by Tokyo. What does this all mean? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/us-deploying-missiles-system-in-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #us #missiles #defense #usmilitary #china #pla #sdf #defenseministry
Japan's chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, is heralding the country's trade deal with the U.S., saying car tariffs will fall soon, as he moots a wrinkle in Tokyo's investment pledge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/09/economy/akazawa-mou-moot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
Japan has hired energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie to assess a proposed 1,300-kilometer Alaska gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas plant backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to two sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/09/japan-wood-mackenzie-lng/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business#jera #lng #gas #donaldtrump #energy #us #usjapanrelations #alaska
The search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge to the U.S., and some possible outs have been found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/08/economy/trump-blank-checkbook/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations #howardlutnick
Japan-U.S. trade deal expected to hold up post-Ishiba, as inertia and fear of Trump fury work in agreement’s favor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/08/economy/post-ishiba-tariff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #shigeruishiba #tariffs #us #donaldtrump #usjapanrelations
The Japanese government is preparing for likely U.S. demands that Japan cover a greater share of the costs for stationing U.S. forces in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/japan/politics/japan-us-military-host-nation-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #usmilitary#usbases #donaldtrump #defense
Japan's broad trade agreement with the U.S. is "not settled," as Washington has not issued expected presidential orders on tariffs for pharmaceuticals and semiconductors, Tokyo's top tariff negotiator said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/06/japan/us-japan-deal-not-settled/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #trade #tariffs #ryoseiakazawa
U.S. President Donald Trump gave Japanese automakers some relief by cutting his high U.S. tariffs on their vehicles, but the reduced levies still mean big pain for Japan's smaller car companies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/06/small-automakers-us-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #cars #carmakers #mazda #subaru #mitsubishimotors #us #usjapanrelations #tariffs #donaldtrump
Japan's $550 billion investment pledge has been outlined in a MOU that gives U.S. President Donald Trump significant control. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/05/economy/550-billion-mou/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
The Pentagon’s inspector general has begun a review of how U.S. military personnel in Japan complied with policies on preventing and addressing violent crimes after reports of sexual assaults in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/pentagon-review-crime-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usjapanrelations #japanesecourts #sexcrimes #okinawa
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order on Thursday to implement the lower tariffs on Japanese automobile imports and other products that were announced in July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/trump-signs-japan-tariff-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #trade #tariffs #donaldtrump #cars
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, is likely to travel to Washington for another round of tariff talks on Thursday, Jiji Press reported Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/03/economy/akazawa-washington-trip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations