#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.20.2025 Deadly bear attacks set Japan on edge, prompt military action. A record 13 people have been killed by bears so far this year. Canada, the U.S. and several other nations have issued warnings for citizens traveling in Japan.
#Canada #Japan × #USA #Asia #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.19.2025 China punishes Japan’s new leader with harsh words and economic pain. Beijing is using its economic power and military muscle to convey its anger with Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi — and to send a message to the U.S.
#China #Japan × #USA #Asia #North America #Americas #Taiwan
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.12.2025 Chinese outlet lashes out at Japanese prime minister, escalating row. Less than a month since Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk, became Japan’s prime minister, the complicated relationship between Tokyo and Beijing is beginning to sour.
#China #Japan × #Asia #Taiwan
#washingtonpost.com. × #Nov.11.2025 Tatsuya Nakadai, multifaceted star of Japanese cinema, dies at 92. While working with directors such as Akira Kurosawa, he drew comparisons to Marlon Brando and Laurence Olivier for his immersive, wide-ranging performances.
#Showbiz #Japan × #Asia
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.27.2025 Japan, a car-making giant, mulls ‘appropriate’ response to Trump tariffs. A strong U.S. security ally with a large trade surplus, Japan has few options for retaliating against the tariffs. Instead, it is bracing for an economic hit.
#Japan × #USA #Asia #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.13.2025 Trump’s trade war, rhetoric put his ambassador picks in tough spot. Worsening relations with three of the United States’ biggest trading partners dominated a Senate hearing for the would-be U.S. ambassadors to Canada, Mexico and Japan.
#Canada #Japan × #USA #Asia #North America #Mexico
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.12.2025 U.S. allies in Asia still hope to avoid steel and aluminum tariffs. The Trump administration’s 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are now in effect but South Korea, Japan and Australia remain hopeful of exemptions.
#Japan × #USA #Australian continent #Australia #Asia #North America #Insular Oceania #South Korea
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.18.2025 Gil Won-ok, memory keeper of wartime sex slavery by Japan, dies at 96. Born in Japanese-occupied Korea, she was among the last surviving “comfort women” forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers in World War II.
#Japan × #Asia
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.08.2025 The sorrow, hope and longing of Japan’s ‘Missing Post Office’. An old post office in southern Japan has become a destination, both tourist and postal, for people who are not yet ready to let go of their loved ones.
#Japan × #Asia
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.08.2025 Japanese leader tries flattering Trump in bid to avert tariffs. Trump’s meeting with Japan’s prime minister ended with a tariff warning, but praise from the Japanese side eased tensions.
#Politics #Japan × #Asia
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.07.2025 Japan’s Ishiba will try to sell Trump on importance of alliances in Asia. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will go to the White House to try to rekindle Japan’s relationship with President Donald Trump — and to fend off potential tariffs.
#Japan × #USA #Asia #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.29.2025 Massive sinkhole swallows truck; rescuers race to reach driver. The sinkhole suddenly opened at an intersection in the Japanese city of Yashio. A second sinkhole nearby is hampering rescue efforts.
#Japan × #Asia
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.28.2025 Lunar New Year: What to know as we slide into the Year of the Snake. Over 1 billion people celebrate the holiday, which marks the transition from cold winter to a season of renewal and ushers in one of 12 Chinese zodiac signs.
#PublicHoliday #New Year's Eve #China #Japan × #Indonesia #Singapore #New Year #North Korea #Asia #Americas #South Korea #Philippines
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.06.2025 Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel file lawsuits over handling of blocked deal. Separate lawsuits from Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel target President Joe Biden as well as a steelworkers union head and a rival steelmaker’s CEO.
#Politics #Japan × #Asia #Joe Biden
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.05.2025 Tuna weighing as much as a grizzly bear sells for $1.3 million in Japan. An Oma Pacific bluefin tuna, weighing 608 pounds, sold at Tokyo’s Toyosu Market. It’s one of the most expensive tuna fish to be sold in the history of sushi.
#Japan × #Asia
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