Japan on Wednesday joined Australia, Britain, France and Germany in conveying concern over escalating tensions following China’s recent large-scale military exercises around Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/japan/china-military-exercises-taiwan-japan-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #taiwan #pla #us #uschinarelations #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi #defense #chinajapanrelations #foreignministry
On the diplomatic stage, Chinese President Xi Jinping projected strength, but beneath the diplomatic victories, he still has plenty of worries at home — from structural economic vulnerabilities to a personnel purge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/asia-pacific/politics/xi-trump-china-troubles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #xijinping #trade #uschinarelations #tech
Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the idea of the United States being the custodian of the international rules-based order has been cast aside, lending new urgency to long-simmering questions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/28/world/filling-americas-shoes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #china #donaldtrump #climatechange #taiwan #uschinarelations #wto
As the Year of the Wood Snake promised subtlety and adaptation, the U.S., China and Japan instead delivered strategic blundering, authoritarian overreach and geopolitical instability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/26/world/good-riddance-year-of-the-serpent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #chinesezodiac #2025 #2026 #yearofthewoodsnake #yearofthefirehorse #indopacific #us #donaldtrump #xijinping #ishibashigeru #sanaetakaichi #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #uschinarelations
China is still restricting the rare earth elements that the U.S. needs to produce its own permanent magnets and other products even after President Donald Trump reached a deal to lift restrictions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/26/us-rare-earth-china-curbs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #china #trade #rareearths #uschinarelations
The U.S. has accused China of engaging in unfair trade practices in the semiconductor sector, but is holding off on imposing additional tariffs on chip imports until at least mid-2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/24/tech/us-hold-off-china-chip-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #uschinarelations #us #china #tech #chipmakers #tariffs #trade
China’s top leaders are on alert for a possible flareup of tensions in global commerce as they create economic plans for next year after amassing a record trade surplus despite the tariff war with the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/10/economy/china-unease-trade-economic-roadmap/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #trade #uschinarelations #globaleconomy #tariffs
Donald Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell advanced chips to China marks more than just a shift in U.S. tech policy. It also raises questions about how far he’ll go to steady ties with Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/world/politics/trump-nvidia-shift-xi-opening/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #xijinping #uschinarelations #chipmakers #nvidia #tech
Japan must spend “far more” on defense and assume greater responsibility in Asia, the White House said in a new National Security Strategy that also lays out a vague plan for a “burden-sharing network.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/japan/politics/japan-us-national-security-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #china #usjapanrelations #uschinarelations #taiwan #pla #defense #budgets #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi
Prime Minister Sanae Takachi has held her first talks with U.S. President Donald Trump since her remarks in parliament that Japan could intervene militarily in a Taiwan crisis kicked off a diplomatic row with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/politics/takaichi-trump-phone-call/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations #china #taiwan #defense #xijinping #uschinarelations
Xi Jinping told Donald Trump that Taiwan's "return to China" is an “integral part” of the global order, as Beijing and Tokyo are locked in a clash over hints Japan could intervene militarily in a crisis over the island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/asia-pacific/politics/trump-xi-taiwan-china-us-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #xijinping #donaldtrump #taiwan #china #us #uschinarelations #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi
A new Rand report stresses that Washington and Beijing must “keep the rivalry from descending into extreme and dangerous levels of tension.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/06/world/stability-and-us-china-competition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #us #donaldtrump #xijingping #trade #tariffs #apec #uschinarelations
Japan's strategic positioning is central to countering China’s economic and geopolitical influence, with a focus on technological collaboration, military alignment and supply chain security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/05/japan/us-china-meaning-for-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #china #rareearths #us #donaldtrump #xijingping #trade #tariffs #apec #uschinarelations #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations
According to Chinese academics, economists, and retired military officers, the country's leaders are not losing any sleep over Donald Trump's America First agenda. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/05/world/what-chinese-leaders-think-of-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #rareearths #us #donaldtrump #xijingping #trade #tariffs #apec #uschinarelations
U.S. President Donald Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping knows “the consequences” of taking military action against Taiwan, though he refused to say specifically if Washington would defend the democratic island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/asia-pacific/politics/trump-taiwan-china-xi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #pla #taiwan #us #usmilitary #uschinarelations #xijinping #donaldtrump
After months of tariff threats and brow-beating on defense spending, U.S. allies in Asia had ample reason to be wary of President Donald Trump. But the message after his Asia tour? The U.S. still has your back. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/asia-pacific/politics/trump-asian-allies-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #asean #asia #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi #xijinping #china #uschinarelations #usjapanrelations #apec #trade #tariffs #usmilitary
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held talks Friday with counterparts from China and India, among a series of face-to-face meetings at an ASEAN defense summit as Washington seeks to boost its regional security ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/asia-pacific/politics/hegseth-us-talks-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southeastasia #asean #petehegseth #dongjun #china #usmilitary #defense #uschinarelations #india #philippines
The one-year truce struck between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is likely to only stabilize relations between the world’s two largest economies rather than resolve fundamental differences. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/politics/trump-xi-truce-buy-time/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uschinarelations #trade #donaldtrump #xijinping
China's state media has publicized a recent flying of Chinese bombers near Taiwan for "confrontation drills" ahead of an expected meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents in South Korea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/asia-pacific/politics/china-bombers-taiwan-xi-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #pla #donaldtrump #xijinping #trade #tariffs #uschinarelations #bombers
U.S. President Donald Trump will test his deal-making capabilities on a trip to Asia, a region battered by his hardball trade policies, while doubts hang over his highly anticipated meeting with China's Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/asia-pacific/politics/trump-asia-trip-xi-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #donaldtrump #us #china #xijinping #uschinarelations #trade #tariffs #taiwan #globaleconomy