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President Donald Trump says he's looking forward to golfing with Japan's prime minister and one of the country's top professional golfers. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday that Hideki Matsuyama (hih-DEH'-kee maht-soo-YAH'-mah ... ( read original story ...)

FUSSA, Japan — President Donald Trump praised Japan as a “crucial ally” and warned adversaries not to test America’s resolve Sunday as he opened a grueling and consequential first trip to Asia. Trump landed at Yokota Air Base on the outskirts of ... ( read original story ...)

While in Japan, Trump was to speak Monday to U.S. and Japanese business leaders and hold a joint news conference with Abe. He also was to meet Emperor Akihito, a ceremonial figure who is a son of Hirohito, the all-powerful emperor who led Japan’s brutal ... ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump is calling Japan a “treasured partner and crucial ally” as he kicks off a tour of Asia. Trump addressed service members at Yokota air force base outside Tokyo immediately after arriving in Japan on Sunday morning. He thanked ... ( read original story ...)

In November 1977, Megumi Yokota, 13, vanished on her way home from school after badminton practice in Niigata prefecture on the Sea of Japan. Twenty years later, her parents learned she had been kidnapped by North Korean agents. The Japanese government ... ( read original story ...)

On Saturday, North Korea welcomed Trump to the region with a threat to increase its nuclear arsenal and said the idea of talks was “daydreaming,” according to the state-run KCNA news agency. “Trump only has to play golf in Japan, as he knows Japan ... ( read original story ...)

The lukewarm turnout Friday morning contrasted with the breathless coverage of her visit by the Japanese news media, which followed her every move around Tokyo and treated her landing at Narita International Airport and dinner at a luxurious restaurant ... ( read original story ...)

North Korea launched two missiles over Japanese airspace in September. “Well, of course they’re worried. They should be worried,” Trump told Fox News last week, referring to Japan. “You know they’re very close to North Korea.” The president has ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Sunday defending his tough rhetoric on North Korea, saying discussions on Pyongyang will figure prominently in talks with other Asian leaders as tensions rise over its ... ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump is calling Japan a “treasured partner and crucial ally” as he kicks off a tour of Asia. Trump addressed service members at Yokota Air Force base outside Tokyo immediately after arriving in Japan on Sunday morning. He thanked ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – A Japanese whose mother was abducted by North Korean agents in 1978 when he was a baby has high hopes that President Donald Trump's outreach will draw public attention to the issue. Japan says North Korea abducted at least 17 of its citizens in ... ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump says he is looking forward to his arrival in Japan. Trump is tweeting Sunday about his trip through Asia, which starts in Japan. He says: "I am landing shortly. Can't wait to be with our GREAT MILITARY. See you soon!" Trump is flying ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (AFP) - Former Cardiff City striker Jay Bothroyd is recovering at home after collapsing during training with his Japanese side Consadole Sapporo, the J-League club said on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who joined Sapporo in July, underwent emergency ... ( read original story ...)

IT threatened to be a banana skin game for the Wallabies, but Michael Cheika’s men negotiated their first game on tour with ease, smashing Japan’s Brave Blossoms 63-30 in Yokohama. Even with a new-look backline, the Wallabies were a class above and it ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – President Donald Trump can expect a friendly reception in Japan, his first stop on a five-nation Asia trip that kicks off Sunday. He and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe largely see eye-to-eye on how to deal with the vexing problem of North ... ( read original story ...)

The latest poll by Kyodo News finds 52.6 percent of the Japanese public are opposed to Abe's current proposal with only 38.3 percent in support of it. When one also considers the fact the opposition parties will fight a ferocious campaign against revision ... ( read original story ...)