Concerns have mounted since Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi confirmed on Monday ... making what was meant to be a brief return to Shanghai in late February 2023. Do you have questions ...

The detainment of the senior employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. by Chinese authorities was the key topic of the three-hour discussion between Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Qin Gang in Beijing.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters at a press conference ... who added that officials from the Japanese consulate in Shanghai had attended the sentencing.

Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa will head to China on April 1, a day after Tokyo unveiled new export controls on materials used for semiconductor manufacturing. The decision to send Foreign ...

Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday that they have “once again, asked the US to exempt Japan from auto tariffs.” "US auto tariffs are extremely regrettable." ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan said Thursday it will respond "appropriately" to planned U.S. auto ...

“The Prime Minister didn’t intend to say we’re rolling out new budget spending,” government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters Tuesday. “Rather we’re going to fully utilize the ...

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi attends at a press conference in Tokyo Monday, March 3, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) 32,785 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve ...

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi noted on Wednesday that “I would like to have close communication with the US over auto tariffs.” It's regrettable that the US went ahead ...

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday met with Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi to advance in a “global strategic partnership” during an encounter at Casa Rosada marking the ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday. "What's important is the substance of our defense capabilities," Hayashi told a news conference. "It's not that the amount and the GDP ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Monday signaled a negative view over the possibility of Japan attending future meetings of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear ...