The Japanese leader sought to strike a balance for Japan, the sole Asian G7 member, in its alliance with the U.S. and its longstanding support for Kyiv.

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has commented on the heated exchange between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy that took place on Friday at the White House.

President Donald Trump made a number of sweeping promises during his second inaugural address, including a vow to “tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens” instead of “taxing our citizens to enrich other countries.” It was a continuation of his long-held focus on the homefront.

As some trade association statements express reservations about the Trump White House tariff regimen, the Reshoring Initiative is tracking company decisions.

The White House denied access to an Associated Press photographer and three reporters from Reuters, HuffPost and Der Tagesspiegel, a German newspaper.

The White House on Tuesday stripped journalists of the nearly century-old power to decide which of them cover U.S. presidential events, with Donald Trump boasting that he was now "calling those shots" on media access. Trump's spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt ...