Japan

Princess Aiko’s popularity sparks calls to change Japan’s male-only succession law

December 7, 2025 The Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan’s beloved Princess Aiko is often cheered like a pop star. During a visit to Nagasaki with Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, the sound of her name being screamed by well-wishers along the […]

Trump, Japan’s Takaichi bond over economic interests, avow “golden age

November 1, 2025 Josh Boak and Chris Megerian

TOKYO — President Donald Trump treated his time in Japan on Tuesday as a victory lap — befriending the new Japanese prime minister, taking her with him as he spoke to U.S. troops aboard an […]

US automakers say Trump-Japan tariff deal puts them at disadvantage

August 2, 2025 Josh Boak and Alexa St John

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. automakers worry that President Donald Trump’s agreement to tariff Japanese vehicles at 15% would put them at a competitive disadvantage, saying they will face steeper import taxes on steel, aluminum and […]

US Steel to keep HQ in Pittsburgh signaling Nippon Steel bid approval, Trump says

May 31, 2025 Marc Levy and Paul Wiseman

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump said last Friday that U.S. Steel will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh as part of what he called a “planned partnership” that seemed to signal that he’ll approve a […]

US extends Nippon’s US Steel deadline

January 18, 2025 Marc Levy

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The bid by Japan’s Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel may have a new lease on life after the Biden Administration extended a deadline for the Japanese steelmaker to abandon plans to […]

Nippon, US Steel file suit after Biden administration blocks $15B deal

January 11, 2025 Fatima Hussein

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s decision to block a proposed nearly $15 billion deal for Nippon to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel. The suit, filed […]

US-Japan security talks focus on bolstering military cooperation

August 3, 2024 The Associated Press

TOKYO — Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgrading the command and control of U.S. forces in the East Asian country and strengthening American-licensed missile […]

NC hosts Japanese PM in historic visit

April 17, 2024 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cemented economic links and cultural amity with North Carolina on Friday, following up time in Washington, D.C., during his official U.S. visit by coming to a state that […]

IAEA officials say Fukushima’s ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater is going well

October 24, 2023 Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

TOKYO — The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said the discharge of the second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea ended as planned on Monday, and International Atomic Energy Agency […]

Japan’s top court orders Okinawa to allow a divisive government plan to build US military runways

September 5, 2023 Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Okinawa’s rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals […]