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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

Japan's first female prime minister has embraced Abe's foreign policy vision, but a more volatile Indo-Pacific will test whether continuity alone is enough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/08/12/japan/takaichi-not-next-shinzo-abe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #shinzoabe #ldp #donaldtrump #us #taiwan #tpp #taiwan #apec #indopacific #usjapanrelations #uschinarelations

Trump's second administration has accelerated changes to the global order by weakening liberal norms and introducing greater geopolitical uncertainty, leaving Japan to pursue a more balanced foreign policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/28/world/japan-trumps-new-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #us #iran #uschinarelations #usjapanrelations #russia #nsa #xijinping #taiwan #nato #europe #indopacific #ukraine #coldwar #israel

Award-winning documentarian Jon Mitchell’s new book and the ongoing dialogue of scholars, advocates and artists are calling attention to Okinawa’s long history of geopolitical struggle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/03/02/issues/okinawa-voices-international-scholars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #okinawa #militarybases #usbases #usjapanrelations #ryukyukingdom

As the Year of the Wood Snake promised subtlety and adaptation, the U.S., China and Japan instead delivered strategic blundering, authoritarian overreach and geopolitical instability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/26/world/good-riddance-year-of-the-serpent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #chinesezodiac #2025 #2026 #yearofthewoodsnake #yearofthefirehorse #indopacific #us #donaldtrump #xijinping #ishibashigeru #sanaetakaichi #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #uschinarelations

After a nearly three-year stint as U.S. ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel leaves behind a legacy of reform and historic shifts in the U.S.-Japan alliance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/09/japan/politics/us-japan-ambassador-rahm-emanuel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #usjapanrelations #rahmemanuel #joebiden #defense #donaldtrump

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen businessman George Glass to be ambassador to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/17/japan/politics/trump-japan-george-glass-ambassador/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations #georgeglass #rahmemanuel