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Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa said progress was being made on a $550 billion investment initiative set up as part of a trade deal with the U.S. last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/05/japan-progress-us-investment-pact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #usjapanrelations #trade #tariffs #ryoseiakazawa #ai #tech

Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa said progress was being made on a $550 billion investment initiative set up as part of a trade deal with the U.S. last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/05/japan-progress-us-investment-pact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #usjapanrelations #trade #tariffs #ryoseiakazawa #ai #tech

Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa said progress was being made on a $550 billion investment initiative set up as part of a trade deal with the U.S. last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/05/japan-progress-us-investment-pact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #usjapanrelations #trade #tariffs #ryoseiakazawa #ai #tech

Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa said progress was being made on a $550 billion investment initiative set up as part of a trade deal with the U.S. last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/05/japan-progress-us-investment-pact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #usjapanrelations #trade #tariffs #ryoseiakazawa #ai #tech

Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa said progress was being made on a $550 billion investment initiative set up as part of a trade deal with the U.S. last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/05/japan-progress-us-investment-pact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #usjapanrelations #trade #tariffs #ryoseiakazawa #ai #tech

The yen's moves are a mystery as intervention is dismissed in part due to the relatively slow pace of the strengthening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/04/markets/yen-friday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #satsukikatayama #financeministry #us #scottbessent #usjapanrelations #jgb #bonds

The yen's moves are a mystery as intervention is dismissed in part due to the relatively slow pace of the strengthening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/04/markets/yen-friday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #satsukikatayama #financeministry #us #scottbessent #usjapanrelations #jgb #bonds

The yen's moves are a mystery as intervention is dismissed in part due to the relatively slow pace of the strengthening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/04/markets/yen-friday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #satsukikatayama #financeministry #us #scottbessent #usjapanrelations #jgb #bonds

The yen's moves are a mystery as intervention is dismissed in part due to the relatively slow pace of the strengthening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/04/markets/yen-friday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #satsukikatayama #financeministry #us #scottbessent #usjapanrelations #jgb #bonds

The yen's moves are a mystery as intervention is dismissed in part due to the relatively slow pace of the strengthening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/04/markets/yen-friday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #satsukikatayama #financeministry #us #scottbessent #usjapanrelations #jgb #bonds

The yen rallied overnight and into the trading day in Tokyo on Thursday, with the currency breaking ¥158 to the dollar for the first time in about three weeks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/03/markets/yen-market-rally/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #satsukikatayama #financeministry #us #scottbessent #usjapanrelations #jgb

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said the bank's board would decide on policy with upside price risks in mind, hinting that a rate hike is likely when authorities convene for a board meeting later this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/02/economy/boj-ueda-katayama-rate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #scottbessent #yen #dollar #g20 #forex #boj #satsukikatayama #usjapanrelations #kazuoueda #japaneseeconomy

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent voiced strong support for "decisive" monetary steps to combat yen weakness in a meeting with Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda, cementing the case for a Japanese rate hike this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/02/economy/us-bessent-boj-ueda-yen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #scottbessent #yen #dollar #g20 #forex #boj #satsukikatayama #usjapanrelations #kazuoueda

Kayoko Mori studied her husband's research through his books. She is currently researching Dutch captives who were exposed to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/07/japan/society/historian-wife-research-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hiroshima #wwii #us #atomicbombings #usjapanrelations #barackobama

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass will not attend this year's peace ceremonies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to honor the victims of the 1945 atomic bombings of the cities, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/05/japan/us-ambassador-hiroshima-nagasaki-ceremonies-skip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #wwii #us #atomicbombings #usjapanrelations #georgeglass

U.S. defense industrial bottlenecks are slowing weapons production and undermining allied modernization efforts, driving renewed focus on coordinated Indo-Pacific defense cooperation with Japan playing a central role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/28/japan/indo-pacific-military-industrial-coordination/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #usjapanrelations #indopacific #us #arms #defense #tomahawks #cruisemissiles #patriotinterceptors #atacms

U.S. defense industrial bottlenecks are slowing weapons production and undermining allied modernization efforts, driving renewed focus on coordinated Indo-Pacific defense cooperation with Japan playing a central role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/28/japan/indo-pacific-military-industrial-coordination/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #usjapanrelations #indopacific #us #arms #defense #tomahawks #cruisemissiles #patriotinterceptors #atacms

U.S. defense industrial bottlenecks are slowing weapons production and undermining allied modernization efforts, driving renewed focus on coordinated Indo-Pacific defense cooperation with Japan playing a central role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/28/japan/indo-pacific-military-industrial-coordination/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #usjapanrelations #indopacific #us #arms #defense #tomahawks #cruisemissiles #patriotinterceptors #atacms

U.S. defense industrial bottlenecks are slowing weapons production and undermining allied modernization efforts, driving renewed focus on coordinated Indo-Pacific defense cooperation with Japan playing a central role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/28/japan/indo-pacific-military-industrial-coordination/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #usjapanrelations #indopacific #us #arms #defense #tomahawks #cruisemissiles #patriotinterceptors #atacms

U.S. defense industrial bottlenecks are slowing weapons production and undermining allied modernization efforts, driving renewed focus on coordinated Indo-Pacific defense cooperation with Japan playing a central role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/28/japan/indo-pacific-military-industrial-coordination/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #usjapanrelations #indopacific #us #arms #defense #tomahawks #cruisemissiles #patriotinterceptors #atacms

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is planning to visit Japan next week to meet with Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/04/japan/defense-austin-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #defense #lloydaustin #gennakatani

The United States plans to set up space forces in Japan in December, Defense Ministry officials have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/18/japan/us-space-forces-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #defense #gennakatani #lloydaustin #spaceforce #sdf