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Takaaki Tanaka had a chance to see firsthand his country’s peacekeeping efforts. Tanaka was among the 350 members of Japan’s Ground Self-Defence Forces deployed on the United Nations’ peacekeeping operation to bring stability and protect civilians ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed Trump to Japan Sunday with an effusive display of friendship that, in the days ahead, will give way to high-stakes diplomacy. The two leaders, who have struck up an unlikely but easy rapport, shared a casual lunch and ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his tough rhetoric against North Korea when he arrived in Japan on Sunday, saying that the United States and its allies are prepared to defend freedom and that "no dictator" should underestimate U.S. resolve. ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump's five-nation Asia trip got off to a low-key start Sunday as he enjoyed a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The two leaders hit the links not long after a lunch of American-beef hamburgers, not long after Trump's ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. first lady Melania Trump and her Japanese counterpart, Akie Abe, visited a pearl boutique in Tokyo's posh Ginza shopping district while their husbands played golf. The first ladies received a presentation on the history of pearl diving at Mikimoto ... ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump arrived in Tokyo early Sunday for the first stop on his 13-day ... “We may have a meeting with Putin,” the president told host Laura Ingraham on Thursday on Fox News’ "The Ingraham Angle." “And, again – Putin is very ... ( read original story ...)

US President Donald Trump said no nation should underestimate American resolve, as he arrived in Japan at the start of a marathon Asian tour. Addressing US troops at Yokota air base near Tokyo, he pledged to ensure the military had the resources needed to ... ( read original story ...)

KAWAGOE, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his tough rhetoric against North Korea when he arrived in Japan on Sunday, saying that the United States and its allies are prepared to defend freedom and that "no dictator" should ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)