The Trump Trade Tracker
It’s not quite the “90 deals in 90 days” that Trump administration officials claimed were possible back in April, when U.S. President Donald Trump put a 90-day pause on the ...
Tag: Japan
Japan’s LDP Is Teetering as Far-Right Challenger Emerges
Following dismal results in Japan’s parliamentary elections, there is a broad consensus among Japanese lawmakers and political analysts that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s days are numbered. No one, however, seems ...
Put the Quad to Work On Energy Security
Since its inception in 2007, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue—the strategic partnership between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States—has struggled to define a clear purpose beyond counterbalancing China. Despite regular ...
Trump has momentum heading into Aug. 1 ‘reciprocal tariff’ deadline after Asian trade deals, experts say
WASHINGTON — President Trump has “leveraged American bargaining power” with three Asian nations this week — and given himself momentum ahead of the looming Aug. 1 deadline for most “reciprocal ...
Yoko Tawada’s Quiet Radicalism
“I was born into Japanese the way one is thrown into a sack,” the Japanese German writer Yoko Tawada once wrote. “That is why this language became for me my ...
These Toy Guns Are Capable of Firing Real Bullets, Japanese Police Warn
Japan is urgently recalling 16,000 toy pistols after police discovered they can fire real ammunition. The so-called “Real Gimmick Mini Revolver” was handed out as claw machine prizes across the ...
Trump announces sweeping Japan trade deal with $550B investment by Tokyo
President Trump announced Tuesday that his administration had wrapped up a massive trade agreement with Japan, two weeks after threatening the US ally with 25% tariffs “We just completed a ...
Japan’s Ishiba Vows to Stay in Power After Debilitating Election Loss
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at how Japan’s election results could hamper U.S. trade talks, Israeli forces attacking Gaza’s main humanitarian aid hub, and a deadly plane ...
Why Japan Might Be America’s Most Frustrated Ally
On July 7, U.S. President Donald Trump sent a letter to the Japanese government announcing a 25 percent tariff on all goods shipped to the United States beginning on Aug. ...
‘Nazi’ Creek in this US state is getting a new name after 70 years — here’s why
A one-mile stream in Alaska dubbed “Nazi Creek” after it was reclaimed from the Axis Powers during World War II has finally been renamed after more than seven decades of ...
