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WASHINGTON With differences simmering in the background, U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe open ... Trump and Abe are to hold Oval Office talks in the morning and a joint news conference at midday and then fly to Palm ... ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump's meeting with Japan's prime minister offers a chance to shore up ... Trump and Abe will hold talks in the Oval Office on Friday, followed by a joint news conference and a working lunch. Trump will then host Abe and his wife at ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has decided to admit 300 Syrian refugees and their families over the next 5 years. These families will also receive a living allowance. In 2016 10,901 people sought asylum in Japan. Only 28 were accepted. The previous year, although the amount of ... ( read original story ...)

HONOLULU -- The families of nine people killed when a U.S. Navy submarine rammed into a Japanese fishing ship off Hawaii 16 years ago were set to remember their loved ones. The families were expected to attend a ceremony Thursday on a Honolulu hill ... ( read original story ...)

A senior Japanese official revealed plans to develop close ties with Britain and America and form a new global power base as the EU appears to be edging towards obscurity. The future of Britain's economy is in its own hands and the Government now has the ... ( read original story ...)

A Food Fair at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence on Wednesday introduced ... Ryosuke Kobayashi, executive director of Hokkaido Economic Federation, told Gulf News that the food promotion would enhance cultural relations also, apart from business ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets on Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump, Japan's bulging automotive trade surplus will be a sore spot, but the path to balancing auto exports and imports will be no easier than it ... ( read original story ...)

news conference and working lunch. Both men are avid golfers and Trump's invitation to Abe to join him at the "winter White House" on his Ma-a-Lago resort in Florida represents a significant coup for the Japanese Prime Minister. It's being taken as a huge ... ( read original story ...)

After its raucous move to freeze fish in an ice rink, this time, Japan had made it clear to continue freezing different fish and aquatic animals as a tradition in celebrating the Sapporo Snow Festival. Animal rights activists thought that the tradition ... ( read original story ...)

In response, Toyota said it would invest $10bn in the US over the next five years. But analysts say the tough talk on cars won't end until Tokyo offers up some major concessions elsewhere, in particular on agriculture. To protect its farmers, Japan places ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - In a story Feb. 7 about engineer Yasuhisa Toyota's work in concert halls, The Associated Press reported erroneously that he founded his company. He is not the founder of Nagata Acoustics. A corrected version of the story is below: Concert halls ... ( read original story ...)

it is very important to demonstrate the unshakeable U.S.-Japan alliance at home and abroad," Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference. "This is the most important theme of the U.S.-Japan leaders summit," he said, adding it was ... ( read original story ...)

Sharp Corp, the Japanses display maker, may break ground on a $7-billion plant in the U.S. as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe readies for his first meeting with President Trump, Reuters reported. A Sharp spokesman told the news agency that no final ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Tire Corp. has teamed up with Spartan Race, the world’s largest obstacle race and endurance brand, to highlight its GEOLANDAR line of light truck tires. Yokohama signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement and is now the “Official Tire of the U ... ( read original story ...)

Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd., announced today that it will open Hotel JAL City Nagoya Nishiki, the Okura Nikko Hotel’s first property in Nagoya, Japan. The company signed a contract with Enuwan LLC to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Board members at the club that will host the 2020 Olympic golf tournament failed to make a decision about changing their policy of excluding women as full members. The Kasumigaseki Country Club came under scrutiny recently when the International ... ( read original story ...)