Japan and China spar over Taiwan as Donald Trump tilts global ‘chessboard’

Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region ...

What sparked Japan and China’s diplomatic crisis?

How Sanae Takaichi’s Taiwan remark stirred up a diplomatic storm between Japan and China - Japan moves closer to openly ...

Japan’s new leader revives Abe’s economic vision – with a twist

A key part of Takaichi’s leadership campaign was her pledge to revive Abe’s economic vision of high public spending and cheap ...

Taiwan hails rare flurry of overseas outreach despite China protests

Former president and foreign ministers have made trips to Europe as other nations handle contacts more flexibly ...

Takaichi channels Abe in courting Trump as president affirms new friendship

The new Japanese Prime Minister has endeared herself to Trump through flattery, gifts, and channeling one of her predecessors.

Shinzo Abe’s protégé takes the wheel: Here’s why Japan's Takaichi betting on Ford F-150s to woo Trump

US President Donald Trump arrives in Japan for talks with new PM Sanae Takaichi, who hopes personal chemistry and symbolic gestures like buying Ford F-150 trucks will ease trade tensions.
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Shinzo Abe Shooting Recalls Japan’s Prewar History of Political Violence

One of Japan’s most influential and longest-serving prime ministers, Hirobumi Ito, was killed in 1909—after he had left office—at a train station in what is now northeast China. (Kiyoshi ...