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Japan may need to get even more creative with its accounting if it's going to satisfy U.S. demands for it to beef up its defense spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/07/japan/politics/japan-defense-budget-us-demands/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #defense #usjapanrelations #budgets #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi #us #donaldtrump #sdf

Japan may need to get even more creative with its accounting if it's going to satisfy U.S. demands for it to beef up its defense spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/07/japan/politics/japan-defense-budget-us-demands/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #defense #usjapanrelations #budgets #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi #us #donaldtrump #sdf

Japan may need to get even more creative with its accounting if it's going to satisfy U.S. demands for it to beef up its defense spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/07/japan/politics/japan-defense-budget-us-demands/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #defense #usjapanrelations #budgets #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi #us #donaldtrump #sdf

Japan may need to get even more creative with its accounting if it's going to satisfy U.S. demands for it to beef up its defense spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/07/japan/politics/japan-defense-budget-us-demands/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #defense #usjapanrelations #budgets #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi #us #donaldtrump #sdf

Japan may need to get even more creative with its accounting if it's going to satisfy U.S. demands for it to beef up its defense spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/07/japan/politics/japan-defense-budget-us-demands/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #defense #usjapanrelations #budgets #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi #us #donaldtrump #sdf

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

Japan is a reliable American ally despite criticism over defense-related burden-sharing that has maintained stable relations with Washington amid rising trade pressure and diplomatic strain under U.S. President Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/21/japan/japan-americas-indispensable-ally/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #us #donaldtrump #usjapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #shigeruishiba #fumiokishida #selfdefenseforces #defense #trade #tariffs

The Japan External Trade Organization will start full-scale support for exports of Japanese yellowtail to the United States, with China's blanket ban on Japanese fishery products still in place. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/09/economy/japan-yellowtail-exports-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #jetro #trade #fish #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #yellowtail

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/05/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-crisis-blinken/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #antonyblinken #us #joebiden #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit South Korea for talks next week, with Seoul mired in political turmoil as its impeached president resists arrest. Blinken will also visit Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/04/asia-pacific/politics/blinken-us-south-korea-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #antonyblinken #southkorea #usjapanrelations #yoonsukyeol #nipponsteel #ussteel

Japanese companies are increasingly investing in U.S. states like North Carolina. "Friend-shoring" ensures economic resilience even in the face of political change. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/13/japan/japanese-companie-investment-us-alliance/ #commentary #japan #us #fumiokishida #usjapanrelations #japanesecompanies #economicsecurity #china #uschinarelations #toyota #northcarolina

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to the U.S. relays an important message — Tokyo and Washington are politically and economically simpatico. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/10/companies/kishida-us-visit-investment-business/ #business #companies #fumiokishida #us #joebiden #usjapanrelations #china #investment #japanesecompanies #japaneseeconomy #ai #microsoft