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Trump tells Ishiba at the White House that he wants to slash the US trade deficit with Japan
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba steps off the plane after arriving ... Both countries have been challenged by China's growing economic and military assertiveness in the Pacific and concerns ...
Morning Bid: Trade and Ukraine Tensions Mount, With Fed Twist
A messy week of conflicting geopolitical, trade and central banking headlines has seen renewed tariff threats from President ...
Cruise control – arresting the drift in national security
To understand Australia’s alliance difficulties with the US, it’s useful to see what a creatively managed bilateral ...
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Ishiba sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine, angering S. Korea, China
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent an offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, his office said on Thursday, drawing criticism from South Korea and China which view the shrine as a symbol of Japan's ...
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Ishiba’s security plans face rocky road, create jitters in LDP
Shigeru Ishiba appointed key allies to his newly inaugurated ... are too afraid of a backlash from China to participate,” the official said. Ishiba’s idea for changing SOFA stems from his ...
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Ex-defense minister Ishiba tops corporate Japan’s premier wish list, Reuters poll shows
Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba is corporate Japan’s top choice ... the next president of key ally the United States amid China’s economic and military expansion. About 24% of ...
Japan’s Exports Rise at a Faster Clip With Trump Tariffs Looming
Japan’s exports rose at a faster clip in January as businesses ramped up orders just as US President Donald Trump unleashed a ...
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China defiant over South China Sea skirmishes in ASEAN talks
China has also sent patrol vessels to areas ... also met separately with new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. ASEAN elevated its ties with South ...
Trump joins Japan’s list of external pressure points
The US President’s tariff threats and treatment of allies more like adversaries add to PM Ishiba’s troubles. Read more at ...
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Ishiba already under gun for staying mum on security issues
Shigeru Ishiba came across as having little new to offer in his inaugural address to the Diet even as he faced a backlash over a commentary he wrote for a U.S. think tank on security policy ...
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Ishiba Cabinet approval rate tumbles; 61% say no need to resign
The approval rate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet plummeted after the Lower House election, but more than 60 percent of voters believe he should not resign, an Asahi Shimbun survey ...
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Ishiba lays out policy issues in U.S. think tank commentary
The Hudson Institute, a leading U.S. think tank, published a commentary titled “The Future of Japan’s Foreign Policy” contributed by Shigeru Ishiba, the new president of the Liberal ...