TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba left Sunday (Apr 27) for a four-day trip to Vietnam and the Philippines, as Tokyo seeks to shore up regional ties after United States President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught. Ishiba’s trip comes after China’s President Xi Jinping conducted his own Southeast Asia tour, withContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday (Apr 14) that US tariffs have the potential to disrupt the global economic order, issuing his strongest warning to date about the damage that President Donald Trump’s decisions could inflict on the world economy. But he stressed that Japan will seek commonContinue Reading
The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) said on Monday that the world stands at the “crossroads” of whether free trade can be maintained. “The world has flourished through the free trade system and free trade since the end of World War II. The driving force behind this system is the US,”Continue Reading
