The Senate has confirmed Tennessee businessman William Hagerty as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Japan.Senators voted 86-12 Thursday to approve Hagerty’s nomination. Hagerty, 57, is expected to take up the post in August, according to a source familiar with Japan-U.S. relations.He will serve in ...
A 20th anniversary remembrance service was held in Lima Sunday for those caught up in the four-month hostage crisis at the Japanese ambassador’s residence in 1996.Leading the service 20 years and a day after the crisis ended was Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, who was ...
With Japan’s ambassador returning to Seoul, the government appears to have accepted that his recall failed to dent South Korea’s resolve not to remove the “comfort women” statues in Busan and Seoul.
President Donald Trump will nominate Tennessee businessman William Hagerty as next U.S. ambassador to Japan, the White House says.
India’s Hindustan Motors has sold its Ambassador car brand to France’s Peugeot for just $12 million, capping a spectacular downfall for a vehicle once emblematic of the country’s political class.The CK Birla group, the owners of Hindustan Motors, have sold the car brand for ...
A key member of Trump’s transition team, the appointment would place weight on U.S. ties with Tokyo.
New Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Yasumasa Nagamine said Thursday he strongly believes bilateral relations will improve.After arriving at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, Nagamine told reporters that the relationship between Japan and South Korea is important not only for the region, but the ...
Education is key to Bangladesh flourishing in the future, the country’s ambassador to Japan said as she called for Tokyo and Dhaka to strengthen student exchange programs.“I intend . . . in the coming days to see if we could have good exchange programs ...
The Foreign Ministry on Friday tapped “China school” diplomat Yutaka Yokoi as Japan’s new ambassador to China, underscoring its resolve to move bilateral relations forward at a time when tensions are building over territorial issues.Yokoi, 61, will replace Ambassador Masato Kitera within 30 days. ...
The Abe administration is considering appointing Etsuro Honda, a special adviser to the Cabinet, as an ambassador, probably to a European country, according to government sources.The appointment won’t be officially made until next month at the soonest, the sources said Sunday. Honda has been ...
North Korea will pursue its “defensive” nuclear program as long as it feels threatened by the United States, its U.N. disarmament envoy in Geneva told Reuters on Thursday.In a rare interview, Ambassador So Se Pyong also denounced the latest joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises, ...
Viorel Isticioaia-Budura, the European Union’s ambassador to Japan, expressed hope that the government of Shinzo Abe will keep playing an active role in the international arena, but cautioned that new policies should be adopted “with full transparency and in good communication with neighbors.”The key ...
