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Will Japan’s close ties with US survive the caprice and quirks of Donald Trump?
Japan’s complex defence alliances built up over years as protection against China could be put at risk in a Tr…
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Trump says he will block Nippon Steel’s $14.9bn bid to acquire US Steel
Acquisition of Pittsburgh-based steel producer by Japanese company has faced opposition from steelworkers and …
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‘If I’m sent to Japan, I’m not coming home’: jailed anti-whaler defiant in face of extradition threat
Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson talks about his arrest on behalf of the Japanese government, his ‘interesting’ Gree…
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World’s first wooden satellite launched into space
LignoSat, developed in Japan and launched from Florida, expected to reduce space junk as it burns up on re-ent…
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Something about the migrant labor camp spooked my mother. Then she learned its dark history
The Idaho camp where Nora Zavala Gallion harvested sugar beets in 1968 felt like a prison because it had been …
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Buried US second world war bomb explodes at Japanese airport
Unexpected blast at Miyazaki airport makes crater in taxiway and leads to grounding of 80 flights but no injur…
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Pennsylvania steel workers, wooed by Harris and Trump, remain skeptical: ‘I don’t trust either one of them’
The vice-president and ex-president both have vowed to block US Steel from merging with Japan’s NipponThe Mono…
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UK economy to grow faster than Japan, Italy and Germany this year, says OECD
Forecast upgrades UK to joint second after US but it is still expected to have highest inflation among G7 coun…
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Moscow importing western aircraft tyres despite ban, says Ukraine agency
Exclusive: Michelin, Dunlop, Goodyear and Bridgestone products have found way to Russia via intermediariesRuss…
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Owner of 7-Eleven rejects $39bn takeover offer from Canadian rival
Japanese group says Couche-Tard plan undervalues firm, but leaves door open to higher offerBusiness live – lat…
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Japan says airspace violation by Chinese spy plane ‘utterly unacceptable’
Two-minute incursion by military surveillance aircraft comes amid regional tensions in Asia-PacificJapan has c…
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Weather tracker: Pacific hosts two hurricanes and a typhoon
Hurricane Gilma spares damage as Hurricane Hone passes close to Hawaii and Typhoon Shanshan approaches JapanTh…
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Owner of 7-Eleven stores receives buyout offer from Canadian rival
Proposal to Tokyo-based Seven & i by ACT could become biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese firmThe owner…
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US ambassador to skip Nagasaki bomb commemoration over Israeli exclusion
City’s mayor says Israel not invited because of risk of protests at event honouring victims of 1945 nuclear bl…
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Shares in New York and London tumble on fears of US recession
FTSE 100 on track for its lowest close since April and Japan’s Nikkei suffers biggest fall since crash of 1987…
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Fear of US recession rattles global markets as tech shares fall
Europe’s main indices all decline and Japanese equities suffer worst day since 2020 while gold hits fresh reco…
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Penny Wong meets Quad foreign ministers in Tokyo for talks on maritime security – video
Top diplomats from Japan, the US, Australia and India met on Monday to discuss security concerns and joint sup…
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Japan and US upgrade military ties citing threat from China as ‘greatest strategic challenge’
US defence secretary says China is 'engaging in coercive behaviour, trying to change the status quo in the Eas…
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Donald Trump rally shooting: world leaders condemn political violence
Presidents and prime ministers denounce shooting at Trump rally in Pennsylvania and wish him a quick recoveryT…
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UK risks tech ‘talent drain’ to US if pension funds fail to back sector
Co-founder of British chipmaker Graphcore, which has been bought by Japan’s SoftBank, issues warningBusiness l…