The US has said it is planning to impose a new 25% tax on products entering the country from South Korea and Japan, as President Donald Trump began sharing a batch of letters to leaders of countries outlining his latest tariff policies. The messages came as the 90-day pause the White House placed on some…
Takahiro Shiraishi was hanged for the murders of eight women and one man whose body parts he concealed in his small apartment. Japan has executed a man who was found guilty of killing and dismembering nine people he made contact with on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the country in nearly…
Tokyo says it has conveyed an ‘appropriate message’ to Beijing over vessels’ movements. Two Chinese aircraft carriers have been seen operating in the Pacific at once for the first time, Japan’s Ministry of Defence has said. China’s Shandong and four other vessels on Monday sailed within Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the Defence Ministry said…
