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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.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa insists that the projects must be good for Japan and turn a profit.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 20, 2026
Second round of projects under consideration for Japan¡¯s $550 billion pledge
Next-generation nuclear reactors might be on the short list, reports say.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa said that some details of the first projects under Japan's $550 billion capital commitment still need to be worked out.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 18, 2026
Trump selects three projects to be funded under 91²Ö¿â $550 billion pledge
Japan and the U.S. have agreed on the first round of projects to be funded by Japan, and a strategically important synthetic diamond factory is on the list.
PayPay's Nasdaq listing could be the largest ever by a Japanese company.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 13, 2026
PayPay files for U.S. IPO and Nasdaq listing
The biggest mobile payments service in Japan is also seeking to expand its business in the U.S.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and trade minister Ryosei Akazawa speak during Akazawa¡¯s trip to Washington to discuss Japan¡¯s $550 billion commitment.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 13, 2026
Japan¡¯s $550 billion capital commitment to the U.S. stuck in committee
Talks have been tough, and significant gaps remain on the fine details of the first deals.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and trade minister Ryosei Akazawa, seen last October in Tokyo, will meet in Washington this week.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 10, 2026
Akazawa heading to the U.S. to discuss first project under 91²Ö¿â $550 billion pledge
Four online discussions have been held since December on the commitment, but no announcements about specific projects have been made.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa (left) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speak in front of Kabukiza Theatre, Tokyo, in October, more than a month after the signing of an agreement for Japan to invest $550 billion in the U.S.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 16, 2025
Japan¡¯s $550 billion investment pledge might fall short of Trump¡¯s hopes
The deal of the century is starting to look a lot like business as usual.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's trade minister, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick met on Sunday and Monday for lunch.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 29, 2025
No projects finalized under 91²Ö¿â $550 billion investment pledge
Fact sheets issued during the recent Japan-U.S. summit offered little insight into any progress made.
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House. Trade deals between Japan and the United States are expected to be respected by Japan's next prime minister.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 8, 2025
Japan-U.S. trade deal expected to hold up post-Ishiba
Inertia and fear of Trump's fury work in the agreement¡¯s favor.
U.S. Homeland Security Investigations police officers execute a federal search warrant at a Hyundai Motor factory in Ellabell, Georgia, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 7, 2025
Seoul says over 300 South Koreans detained in U.S. to be released
The announcement follows the arrest of more than 300 South Korean workers at a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern state of Georgia on Thursday.
A pedestrian bridge that crosses the Mississippi River in Minneapolis
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Sep 7, 2025
Polluted and poor: Blighted U.S. cities tackle 'toxic soup'
The worst effect could be seen in poor, minority areas, where heavy industry, manufacturing and transport tend to concentrate.
U.S. Homeland Security Investigations police officers execute a federal search warrant at a Hyundai Motor factory in Ellabell, Georgia, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2025
Immigration raid on Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia rattles South Korea
The raid came at a sensitive time ?in trade relations?, unsettling South Korean businesses investing in the United States.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at a Senate hearing in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 7, 2025
Trump backs Kennedy on vaccines despite health and political risks
Some public health officials suggest the political alliance Trump has formed with Kennedy ¡ª and the leeway the president is giving him ¡ª is leading to dire consequences.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio in June.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2025
U.S. strike on alleged cartel boat shows Rubio¡¯s influence growing
The attack was the culmination of Trump¡¯s yearslong interest in using unprecedented ¡ª and legally questionable ¡ª force against drug cartels.
Attendees stand as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner hosted in the newly renovated Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2025
Trump nests in a White House and city he¡¯s remolding to fit him
A builder and a homebody, Trump has eschewed some of the regular routines of the presidency in favor of nesting at the White House.
German soldiers unload the U.S.-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system in Jasionka, Poland, in January 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2025
Europe¡¯s military limits show why it¡¯s desperate for U.S. help
The U.S. provides most of NATO¡¯s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, including satellites.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung meets with U.S. President Donald Trump meets at the White House in Washington on Aug. 25.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 6, 2025
South Korean president vows support to citizens arrested in U.S. immigration raid
Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said the government has set up a team to respond to Thursday's arrest of over 300 South Koreans at the facility in the southern state of Georgia.
People receive aid distributed by the Aga Khan Development Network in the Dewa Gul Valley of Sawkay district in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Friday.
WORLD
Sep 6, 2025
U.S. yet to approve any help following Afghanistan earthquake, sources say
The lack of response underscores how President Donald Trump has forfeited decades of U.S. leadership of global disaster relief.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner with members of his Cabinet and members of Congress, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 6, 2025
Trump signs order offering some tariff exemptions to countries with U.S. trade deals
The exemptions could come for trading partners who strike deals on exports of certain metals, as well as pharmaceutical compounds and chemicals.
Japan freezes visa applications for foreign restaurant workers
Filipinos with specified skills qualifications learn how to prepare fish for sushi in Tokyo in 2022.
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.
Police find body in search for missing Kyoto boy
Polic cordon off the area around where the body of a child was found on Monday in Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Where Tokyo goes to sweat and soak
As Tokyo'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.
Japan freezes visa applications for foreign restaurant workers
Filipinos with specified skills qualifications learn how to prepare fish for sushi in Tokyo in 2022.
Where Tokyo goes to sweat and soak
As Tokyo'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.

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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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