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An employee inspects a printed circuit board at a factory, which is in partnership with Agilian Technology, in Dongguan, China, on March 16.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 6, 2026
How one factory in China learned to live with Trump, tariffs and turmoil
A Chinese electronics supplier ended 2025 more convinced than ever of China's manufacturing strengths.
U.S. sales from six Japanese automakers fell in the first quarter as demand cooled after pre-tariff buying.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2026
Japanese automakers' U.S. sales fall 5.4% in first quarter
The six companies that include Honda, Subaru and Toyota saw growing demand in the U.S. last year?ahead of President Donald Trump's tariffs being introduced.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, in Busan, South Korea, in October 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2026
Trump¡¯s delayed Xi summit gives U.S.-China irritants room to grow
In recent days, China launched retaliatory probes into U.S. trade practices, while a bipartisan group of American senators visited Taiwan to press for more spending to deter China.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a poster showing what was described as reciprocal tariffs during an announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 2, 2025.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 1, 2026
Oil shock from war on Iran unwinds traders' playbook since Trump¡¯s tariffs
Fallout from the conflict for energy markets and global trade is forcing a shift away from popular, crowded trades that had come to define markets.
Trump-era U.S. aluminum tariffs have backfired, driving up costs, reducing domestic production, diverting Canadian supply and leaving the country vulnerable to global disruptions like the Iran war.
COMMENTARY
Mar 31, 2026
The world's dumbest tariff has been revealed
So far, this is a standard U.S. tariff story, but aluminum isn't a standard product.
Delegates attend the World Trade Organization 14th ministerial meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 30, 2026
WTO talks end in deadlock after Brazil blocks deal over e-commerce duties
The WTO countries are negotiating an extension to a moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions such as digital downloads.
China is quietly laying the financial plumbing to weaken the dollar¡¯s dominance by expanding the interest-bearing e-CNY at home and pushing blockchain-based cross-border payment systems abroad.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2026
China tests new payment rails in challenge to 'King Dollar'
With little fanfare, China's e-CNY, the official digital currency, has gone from being interest-free cash to a yield-bearing product of commercial banks.
Employees of Windsor-based Fastsigns, which designs, produces and installs custom business signage and graphics work, in Windsor, Ontario, on March 20
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Mar 29, 2026
On Canada's tariff front line, business stalls over U.S. trade deal jitters
Windsor's economy has been on a roller-coaster ride for the past ?year as Trump went back and forth on tariffs.
New trucks bound for shipment at a port in Yokohama
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2026
Japan¡¯s export growth slows on China holidays and U.S. tariffs impact
The value of overall exports rose 4.2% in February from a year earlier, after a big jump in the previous month.
During trade talks in Paris on Sunday, Chinese officials showed openness to buying U.S. poultry, beef and non-soybean row crops.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2026
U.S. and China discuss farm goods and managed trade in 'remarkably stable' talks
The Paris talks touched on potential areas of agreement such as agriculture and critical minerals.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng meet in London, on June 9, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 15, 2026
U.S. and China economic chiefs to meet in Paris ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Top U.S. and Chinese economic officials are set to launch a new round of talks in Paris on Sunday to iron out kinks in their trade truce and clear a smooth path for U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of March.
Lawmakers attend the closing of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2026
China to impose up to 30.1% tariffs on halogenated butyl rubber from Japan
The tariffs are effective from Saturday and will be in place for five years, the ministry said.
The U.S. trade representative announced an investigation into overcapacity on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 13, 2026
Japan listed in second U.S. trade investigation announced in as many days
Sixty jurisdictions are mentioned in the new inquiry, which deals with forced labor.
The U.S., Japan and the EU are preparing to announce plans to lay the groundwork for a critical minerals trade deal that could include a price floor and tariffs to counter market distortions by China.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2026
U.S. critical minerals talks advance with EU and Japan on price floor
Global efforts to diversify critical minerals supply chains intensified after Beijing last year imposed sweeping export controls, including on rare earths.
The U.S. is investigating a total of 16 jurisdictions for unfair trade practices related to excess capacity.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2026
U.S. to investigate Japan and other countries for unfair trade practices
President Donald Trump could impose tariffs based on findings of Section 301 inquiries.
Shipping containers are stacked at a terminal at the port of Los Angeles in Long Beach, California, on Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2026
U.S. opens new unfair-trade probes to rebuild Trump's tariff pressure
The investigation could lead to new tariffs imposed against China, the European Union, India, Japan, South Korea and Mexico by this summer.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30,
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 9, 2026
Trump's China visit likely won't yield breakthrough, with stability key goal
Beijing has been frustrated with the Trump administration's last-minute planning for an event that normally takes months of painstaking preparations.
People wait outside the Nintendo Store in New York on June 4 last year, ahead of the release of the Nintendo Switch 2.
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2026
Nintendo sues U.S. government over reciprocal tariffs
Trump's tariff policies affected Nintendo's business by forcing the company to delay the start of preorder sales in the United States for the Nintendo Switch 2.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa meets with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday in Washington.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 7, 2026
Japan asks U.S. not to treat it unfavorably under new tariffs
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa sought assurances from his U.S. counterpart that the latest U.S. tariffs would not disadvantage Japan.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa is making his 12th visit to Washington since tariff negotiations started last April, and the second this year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 4, 2026
Akazawa heading to U.S. to discuss more projects under $550 billion pledge
Three projects have already been agreed upon and others could be concluded soon.
Jehovah's Witnesses followers sue Japanese government
According to court records, the plaintiffs include the Japanese branch of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Debt-laden Japan should review spending on gender equality, survey finds
A woman holds a handheld fan bearing the image of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's wedding photo, during an election campaign event in Tokyo on Feb. 7.
Japanese researchers look at 800-year-old books and trees for signs of extreme solar events
A drawing of Fujiwara no Teika, known as a courtier, <i>waka</i> poet and scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods
At Ueno Station, ¡®Freedom¡¯ restored
¡°Freedom,¡± a mural in JR Ueno Station, created in 1951, has been repaired three times, most recently in 2025.
Shoes possibly worn by missing boy found in Kyoto mountains
The Kyoto prefectural police found a pair of black sneakers of the same brand as those worn by 11-year-old Yuki Adachi, who went missing in late March in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture.
Where Tokyo goes to sweat and soak
As Tokyo&#039;s public bathhouses age, many are embracing more contemporary aesthetics to stay relevant for a younger class of customer.
At Ueno Station, ¡®Freedom¡¯ restored
¡°Freedom,¡± a mural in JR Ueno Station, created in 1951, has been repaired three times, most recently in 2025.
Inside Iizukatei, a 200-year-old home turned boutique hotel in Tochigi
Recognized as a tangible cultural property in 2003, the former residence of the Iizuka family is now a boutique hotel in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture.
Tokyo¡¯s sake calendar is filled to the brim
The recently concluded Sake Park invited younger brewers to make sake more approachable for attendees in their 20s and 30s.
Japan¡¯s tighter immigration controls yielding results
An immigration control passport stamp issued in Japan. A surge in arrivals from overseas has coincided with a tightening of immigration controls under a government initiative aimed at reducing overstayers.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Projects like the BuddhaBot aim to re-create dialogue once lost to time, raising questions about whether AI can extend the teachings of Buddha or merely simulate them.
Can AI replace a priest? Japan¡¯s temples and shrines are testing the limits.
By Alex K.T. Martin

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