Tag: Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to journalists following a strong earthquake, at his official residence in Tokyo.

Shinzo Abe deploys 4,000 soldiers to help Japanese region devastated by earthquake, landslide

Anna Giaritelli · September 7, 2018 4:16 am

President Trump sits with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday.

Trump planning trade fight with Japan next

Sean Higgins · September 6, 2018 9:13 pm

Beltway Confidential

We’re glad Japan finally has a woman fighter pilot. Now they should get a grown-up military

Tom Rogan · August 24, 2018 5:19 pm

Foreign automakers, American manufacturers and classic-car enthusiasts are coming out against President Trump's plan to consider taxing imported cars, trucks and auto parts.

Japan doesn’t rule out auto tariffs on US

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2018 2:50 pm

White sign language interpreter fired

Beltway Confidential

America is great, and Japan was never communist

Becket Adams · August 16, 2018 5:41 pm

Dr. Herbert Hodes

Russia: ‘Inhumane’ for US to nuke Hiroshima

Joel Gehrke · August 6, 2018 7:41 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

If Pompeo wants to oppose China’s dominance in the Indo-Pacific, he will need more than $113 million and a few words

Erin Dunne · July 31, 2018 4:32 pm

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry stands with the main cyrogenic heat exchange behind him as he speaks with reporters at Dominion Energy's Cove Point LNG liquefaction Project facility in Lusby, Md., Thursday, July 26, 2018. The completion of the facilities export expansion project makes it just the second LNG export facility in the U.S.

Energy and Environment

The Trump administration makes a bid for the Asian energy market

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel · July 30, 2018 8:20 pm

Energy and Environment

Rick Perry cheers first natural gas export terminal on East Coast

John Siciliano · July 26, 2018 3:34 pm

In this photo taken on Aug. 5, 2010, a container are being load into a cargo ship at the Tianjin port in China. China's exports grew strongly in July but import growth fell as its rapid economic expansion cooled, possibly hurting global demand. Exports rose 38.1 percent over a year ago to $145.5 billion while imports gained 22.7 percent to $116.8 billion, the customs agency reported Tuesday. Export growth eased from June's 43.9 percent rate while import growth tumbled from June's 34.1 percent expansion.

Beltway Confidential

How the US is losing out as the EU looks to Asia on trade

Erin Dunne · July 17, 2018 4:44 pm

The USS John S. McCain under repair at a dry dock is seen after a rededication ceremony for at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo.

National Security

John McCain becomes third namesake for the USS John S. McCain

Diana Stancy Correll · July 12, 2018 2:44 am

An updated Toyota Camry is introduced at the New York International Auto Show. The carmaker is among Japanese firms likely to be hurt by President Trump's proposal to place 25 percent tariffs on automotive imports.

Japan joins U.S. allies blasting Trump’s auto tariff proposal

James Langford · July 10, 2018 4:38 pm