While the internet was busy fantasizing about how the 2020 Toyota Supra would look with previous-gen A80 Supra parts, Toyota Racing Development (TRD) was readying its own modded Supra for the Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
JR West conducts anti-terror drill ahead of G20 summit
Also on Monday, Finance Minister Taro Aso at a meeting in Tokyo urged top ... which will bring leaders of the world’s top 20 advanced and emerging economies to the city of Osaka on June 28 and 29. “A ... ( read original story ...)
Steven Mnuchin expects to visit Beijing ‘in near future’ for US-China trade talks
Speaking at a subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Mnuchin said he will attend a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors slated for June 8-9 in Fukuoka, ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Trump threatens more action in China trade fight
He also says he’ll meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the upcoming G-20 summit in Osaka ... Our patience is waning, our finances are suffering, and the ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Readies New Tariffs as Trump Says He’ll Meet China’s Xi
Earlier, Trump said he’ll meet Xi at the meeting of Group of 20 leaders June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan. But Trump warned Beijing ... not retaliate -- will only get worse!” the Ministry of Finance in ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. targets another $300B of Chinese goods for possible tariff hikes
China's Finance Ministry announced duties of 5 to 25 per cent due ... Trump said Monday he and Xi would meet during the Group of 20 meeting of major economies on June 28 and 29 in Osaka, Japan. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shifts toward digital storage of records after Moritomo, SDF and other scandals
Such scandals include the Finance Ministry’s manipulation of documents related ... Death sentence confirmed after killer of two Osaka junior high school students drops appeal A death sentence given to ... ( read original story ...)
China Retaliates And Trump Threatens
Earlier, the finance ministry listed 5,140 U.S. products that will get ... Although Trump said he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping personally at the G20 Summit next month in Osaka, Japan, he ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Auto Group ‘Profoundly Disappointed’ by Trump’s Comments on Imported Cars
(Bloomberg) -- The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said it’s “profoundly disappointed” by U.S. President Donald Trump deeming imported cars and parts a national security threat, echoing a ... ( read original story ...)
ESR Raises $633M to Close Japan Logistics Fund
ESR, which filed for a Hong Kong IPO in March of this year ... the new fund to work investing in large scale logistics facilities in the cities of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, with the company having said ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, India in Deal at ‘Belt And Road’ Colombo Port: Nikkei
The governments of Japan, India and Sri Lanka have agreed to develop a container terminal at the Port of Colombo, which has attracted major investment from China under its Belt and Road initiative, a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister Aso: First-quarter GDP not bad, economic fundamentals remain solid
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that gross domestic product growth in the first quarter was not bad and that the country's economic fundamentals remained solid. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan spares no effort to roll out red carpet for Trump
TOKYO -- The Japanese government is taking unprecedented steps to prepare for U.S. President Donald Trump's arrival Saturday, seeing the first state visit of the new Imperial era as a perfect ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and India to develop Colombo port, countering Belt and Road
TOKYO -- The governments of Japan, India and Sri Lanka have agreed to jointly develop the Port of Colombo, Nikkei has learned, as the Indian Ocean becomes more integral to global trade. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s manufacturers grow cautious about production in China
TOKYO -- The intensifying trade war between the U.S. and China has sparked caution in Japanese manufacturers about production activity in China, a recent survey by a Tokyo think tank shows. ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei edges up, 1Q GDP data beat f’cast but underlying picture still weak
TOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average edged higher on Monday as growth in the nation’s economy unexpectedly accelerated in the first quarter, although market gains were limited as the ... ( read original story ...)