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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a campaign rally in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 10, 2025
Canada’s Mark Carney treads a fine line on climate in a tight election
In a nation whose energy sector is still dominated by oil and gas, the question is how much the new prime minister may need to play down his green resume in order to win.
Cargo ships are loaded with containers at the port of Bangkok on April 3.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 10, 2025
U.S. exits carbon talks on shipping and urges others to follow
A State Department spokesperson confirmed that Washington would not be "engaging in negotiations" at the U.N.'s International Maritime Organization.
U.S. Steel shares tumbled as much as 16% Wednesday after President Donald Trump made a fresh remark signaling his opposition to a buyout by Nippon Steel.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 10, 2025
Trump says he does not want to see U.S. Steel go to Japan
Trump told White House reporters that U.S. Steel is a special company, throwing cold water on expectations that Nippon Steel's buyout efforts might start to make progress.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol agents chat beside a decorated Tahoe during the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 10, 2025
ICE chief says deportation system should run like Amazon Prime
Immigrant rights advocates condemned Todd Lyons’ comments as dehumanizing.
The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump "has a spine of steel and will not break.”
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 10, 2025
Trump shock pushes U.S. and China toward decoupling cliff edge
Trump's 120% tariffs on Chinese goods and Beijing’s determination to fight back in kind mean a seismic cleavage is rapidly becoming a reality.
Shipping containers at a port in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 9, 2025
China raises tariffs on U.S. goods to 84% as trade war escalates
China’s move came hours after Trump's sweeping measures went into force, taking the cumulative rate announced this year to 104%.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he attends the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner in Washington on Tuesday. Trump allowed new tariffs — including a 24% levy on Japan — to go into effect as scheduled on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 9, 2025
Trump's tariff gambit leaves Asia stunned and scrambling
Tariffs take time to actually affect prices and trade flows, but financial markets are already responding to the possibility of severe economic dislocation.
Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, who Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has appointed Japan's tariff negotiator, is one of his closest allies and busiest ministers.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 9, 2025
Who is Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's tariffs negotiator?
The man tasked with convincing the U.S. drop its tariffs on Japanese goods is one of the prime minister's closest allies and busiest ministers.
A man walks past an electronic board showing the numbers of the Nikkei stock average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the Japanese capital on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 9, 2025
Japan's Nikkei down nearly 4% at close
The Nikkei 255 index of shares ended the day down 3.93% at 31,714.03. The yen came off earlier highs to trade at ¥145.27 per dollar, up 0.7%.
Members of the pharmacology department take inventory of the last boxes of drugs delivered by the now-dismantled United States Agency for International Development (USAID) amid medical supply shortages in a pharmacy storeroom at Lodwar County Referral Hospital in Lodwar on April 1.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2025
'Everything was stopped': USAID cuts hit hard in northern Kenya
Protests broke out last month after news that rations, already lowered last year, would be further reduced because of the cuts to U.S. foreign aid spending.
George Glass, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to be ambassador to Japan, attends a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on March 13.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2025
Japan gets a new U.S. ambassador — and he has his work cut out for him
The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm George Glass, whose top agenda items include resolving the tariff row and getting Tokyo to spend more on defense.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks near Elbridge Colby (right) at Colby’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee for undersecretary of defense for policy, at the Capitol in Washington on March 4.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2025
U.S. confirms new Pentagon No. 3 as Japan defense budget in crosshairs
Elbridge Colby is a known China hawk and advocate for Asian allies — including Japan — to spend more on defense.
Shipping containers on the outskirts of Houston on Tuesday. China has vowed to "fight to the end" after Donald Trump further ramped up tariffs.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 9, 2025
Trump tariffs take effect, hiking trade levies to a 100-year high
The latest tariffs push levies imposed on China this year to as high as 104%, along with import taxes on roughly 60 trading partners that run trade surpluses with the U.S.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday the central bank's stance is to conduct policy appropriately by carefully assessing the remaining uncertainties surrounding tariffs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 9, 2025
BOJ's Ueda conveys wait-and-see stance on U.S. tariffs
He suggests the central bank will see how the tariff measures evolve before assessing the potential impact, and any required response.
The U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works facility in Pennsylvania
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 9, 2025
U.S. Steel says activist investor now in favor of Nippon Steel deal
Ancora Holdings owns less than a 1% stake in the company.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2025
A conversation of the deaf after Trump’s tariffs
Trump likes win-win scenarios, but his version is different from those of his trade partners.
The U.S. Justice Department is disbanding its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, a memo has shown.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 9, 2025
U.S. Justice Department disbands crypto enforcement team
Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. government has been reversing course on crypto.
Demonstrators gather outside offices of the U.S. Agency for International Development for a nationwide "Hands Off!" protest against U.S. President Donald Trump and his adviser, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in Washington on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2025
U.S. moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programs, sources say
The World Food Programme awards in Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Jordan, Iraq and Ecuador have been ordered to be restored.
A man on a platform applies a fresh coat of paint to the landmark anti-U.S. mural drawn on the wall of a building in Tehran on Tuesday, the same day that Iran said will send its top diplomat to Oman for breakthrough talks with the United States.
WORLD
Apr 9, 2025
Iran says it will start nuclear talks with U.S. this weekend
The announcement comes even as debate continued over how the session will unfold.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. TSMC could face a penalty of $1 billion or more to settle a U.S. export control investigation over a chip it made that ended up inside a Huawei artificial intelligence processor,
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 9, 2025
TSMC could face $1 billion or more fine from U.S. probe, sources say
The penalty is to settle a U.S. export control investigation over a chip it made that ended up inside a Huawei artificial intelligence processor.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park, opens in northern Okinawa
In Junglia’s Dinosaur Safari attraction during a media preview on Thursday, a casual drive through a habitat for the prehistoric creatures goes haywire when several Tyrannosaurus rexes break out of containment.
Big unanswered questions follow Japan's big, beautiful deal with the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Washington, the day after he agreed to an 11th-hour trade deal with Japan.
Extreme heat grips Japan, even Hokkaido
The city of Obihiro in Hokkaido amid scorching heat on Thursday
Japan ties with South Korea for second most powerful passport
Japanese passport holders have visa-free access to 190 destinations out of 227 globally.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.

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