Kyodo News Digest: June 15, 2025
Japanese Princess Kako (C) looks at documents on the ratification of the Japan-Brazil treaty of amity, commerce and…
Japan PM Ishiba to attend G7, eyes summit with Trump over tariffs
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will embark on a four-day trip to Canada to attend the first in-person…
Japan PM hopes for progress in U.S. tariff talks, in no rush for deal
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that Japan aims to make progress in ongoing tariff negotiations with the…
4 Japan SDF members hurt in blast near U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa
An explosion occurred Monday near the U.S. military’s Kadena Air Base in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa,…
Japan, U.S. yet to find middle ground on tariffs but want quick deal
Japan and the United States have yet to find common ground on tariff issues but still aim to…
Farm minister suggests emergency imports could cut Japan rice prices
Japan’s farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Friday hinted at initiating emergency rice imports if the government fails to…
Japan convenience store chains start selling gov’t stockpiled rice
Two major convenience store chains in Japan began selling government-released stockpiled rice at select stores in Tokyo and…
Japan’s Princess Kako leaves for Brazil to mark 130 years of ties
Japan’s Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, departed for Brazil on Wednesday to promote ties between the…
Japan imperial couple, Princess Aiko honor war dead in Okinawa
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako paid their respects to the war dead in Okinawa on Wednesday ahead…
Japan Diet begins debate on dual surname bill for 1st time in 28 yrs
Japan’s parliament on Friday began its first deliberations in 28 years on legislation that would give married couples…
Japan loses status as world’s top creditor for 1st time in 34 years
Japan lost its status as the world’s top creditor for the first time in 34 years, overtaken by…
Kampai with a local twist, Japan gets crafty with gin
Yudai Matsuzaki’s idea to produce craft gin in a nation where “shochu” spirits and whiskey rule the day…