Akazawa is visiting Washington to hold further talks with the United States, as Tokyo hopes to clinch a deal by an August 1 deadline that will avert Trump's tariff of 25% on imports from Japan. Earlier on Tuesday,

Donald Trump said that the US stands to receive 90% profits as part of the deal, under which Japan would invest $550 billion dollars as per his direction.

Trump will show no mercy to [either] a lame duck Ishiba or because of a political vacuum,” advisory firm Quantum Strategy said.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is opening an exhibition on former Japanese soldiers who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (P･･･

World markets are mixed after U.S. stock indexes hit new records. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures were little changed.

Yokohama’s Chinatown is the largest in Japan and is surrounded by 10 ornately decorated gates. It’s tempting to get lost in the maze of dim sum and fortune tellers, under red paper lanterns swinging over tiny alleys. “I love going there for the casual atmosphere,” says Makoto. "Chinatown feels the same as it did when I went 30 years ago.”

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support with warnings of a "silent invasion" of immigrants.

Trading volume in Japan’s power futures is set to climb as companies prepare for expiration of a key agreement between the nation’s largest utilities, a change expected to jolt the market.

Japan is full of small towns and sites that have their own histories, cultural activities, and top-tier accommodations.

The success of new political parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite highlights the frustrations of many working-age people in Japan.