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China Strong-Armed Japan Over Rare Earths. It’s a Lesson for the U.S.

The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...
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LDP’s Historic Electoral Defeat upends Japan’s Politics

The LDP’s historic electoral fall exposes a fractured Japan, where public disillusionment, economic woes and rising populism ...

Japan's shaky government loses upper house control

TOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further ...

Trump's 'Largest Deal Ever' Faces Japan Diet in Crisis

When President Donald Trump revealed that his administration had struck a "massive" trade and investment deal with Japan, he described it as "completed"—but it must still pass the Japanese parliament, ...

Japan’s Inflation Surge Is Now A Political Crisis

On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...

Japan doesn't plan on responding to Trump tariff threats with countermeasures, government official says

Unlike the European Union, the Japanese government has made no indication it plans to impose any kind of reciprocal tariff on ...

Over 50% of Japan's upper house lawmakers oppose LDP-led government

A postelection survey conducted by Kyodo News showed Friday that 56.4 percent of House of Councillors members do not favor a ...

Japanese government facing setback in upper house vote

Japan's ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has suffered another setback ...

Japan Investors Brace for BOJ, Earnings After Trump-Fueled Rally

Investors, finally having some good news, seemed to largely ignore thorny questions about the details of the trade deal, let ...