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The article reports on the U.S. government's inclusion of legal protections of technology and online companies in its trade deals including the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and a deal with Japan. Topics discussed include the aim to protect American companies such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter from lawsuits, the companies' support of the efforts of the government to include liability protections in its trade agreements, and Congressional opposition to the legal protections.

The article focuses on U.S. President Donald Trump's love for tariffs which allies and historians say is rooted in his experience as a businessman in the 1980s with the people and money of Japan, then perceived as a mortal threat to the economic pre-eminence of the U.S. Topics discussed include, Trump's complicated relationship with Japan and history of Trump's interest in leveling the playing field in trade.

The article reports on the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump that trade talks between the U.S. and Japan are moving swiftly and that a deal might be reached by May 2019. Topics covered include a bilateral trade deal that Trump and Japanese President Shinzo Abe have begun discussing, how Trump's aggressive approach to trade has brought Japan back to the negotiating table after the U.S. pulled from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and economic and security concerns they are discussing.

The article discusses the adoption of a tactic by U.S. President Donald Trump during his negotiations with trading partners in 2019. Trump has applied his unpredictability in entering discussions on deals with Europe, Canada and Japan in order to resolve trade wars. He has used tariffs to urge foreign partners to achieve his goals. The president has claimed that his tactic enabled him to obtain greater economic concessions than past administrations.

The article discusses how Japan is feeling pressurized to reconsider its military constraints in view of North Korea's launch of a missile that flew over it and landed in the Pacific Ocean. It adds that any military operation by the U.S. administration against North Korea makes Japan prone to the former's retaliatory missile attack at the U.S. troops based in the latter's territory. Japanese missile defense systems are reportedly capable of only intercepting missiles on their descent.

The article reports on the pledge by U.S. President Donald Trump to One China, a foreign policy under which the U.S. recognized a single Chinese government in Beijing. Topics include description made by Trump on America's alliance with Japan, the request by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson for Trump to endorse the One China policy, and experts' view on Trump's retreat on One China.

The article examines how U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to remove the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement could lead to a trade dispute with Japan. It discusses how Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe viewed the partnership as a way of improving his country's economy and improving foreign relations with the U.S. while Trump has stated a preference for agreements with individual nations rather than groups.

The article reports on the stance of U.S. President Donald Trump on issues such as a possible nuclear missile testing by North Korea and U.S.-Japan relations, which the president expressed during his state visit to Japan in May 2019.

The article reports on the state visit of U.S. President Donald Trump in Japan with Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in May 2019 and success the short-range ballistic missiles of North Korea.

The article reports that Jared Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's daughter, is seeking to have a job in the White House, a move encouraged by the president-elect. It is said that the plan to have a position in the government by Kushner will be facing lawsuits, political backlash and a violation of the 1967 anti-nepotism law. A meeting held between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and president-elect Trump is also mentioned.

The article reports that U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Hiroshima, Japan on May 27, 2016. It states that former U.S. presidents avoided visiting Hiroshima because none wanted to be seen by American voters as apologizing for a decision that saved many lives. There were also worries about how such a visit would be viewed by countries that suffered from Japan in World War 2. It also notes that Obama has been disdainful of Washington's conventional wisdom.

The article discusses 2016 Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald J. Trump's views about international trade involving the America and Japan, and it mentions several of Trump's comments about Japan which were made during the 1980s. According to the article, Trump has continually criticized Japan's trade policies and their impacts on jobs and workers in America. Currency manipulation and the historic aspects of Japan's economy are examined, along with political concerns in Japan.

The article discusses bilateral trade talks between the U.S. and Japan during meetings at the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2018 and mentions a comment made by U.S. President Donald Trump on finding out ways for reducing the U.S trade deficit with Japan.

The article focuses on Japan's threat of imposing tariffs against the U.S. for steel and aluminum imports, and talks of Japan's notification to the World Trade Organization (WTO), America's withdrawal from Trans-Pacific Partnership, and efforts for bilateral trade talks between the U.S. and Japan.

The article focuses on the fear of citizens in Tokyo that Japan has been sidelined by the U.S. as President Donald Trump cultivates relationship with North Korea and claims that he is not interested in rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership multicountry trade deal.

The article presents views of Japanese-Americans including Yuka Yasui Fujikura, George Ikeda and Marielle Tsukamoto, regarding the memories of World War II, after terrorist attacks in Paris, France. It mentions that the U.S. government criminalized people of Japanese descent and forced them into detention centers during war. It adds Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The article reports that the United States and 11 countries in East Asia reached agreement on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Topics discussed include the challenges for U.S. President Barack Obama to get the treaty approved by the U.S. Congress, how the deal affects the trading relationship between the U.S. and China, and how the trade agreement will affect the trading relationship between the U.S. and Japan.

The article reports on the efforts of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to rebuild the country's military power after World War II and extend its military relations with the U.S. as of 2015. Topics include the implications of Japan's military power on security policies, the concerns of other government officials whether the U.S. will defend Japan's interests over its territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea and the capacity of Abe to rebuild the military.

The article reports on the vote of Japan's lower house of Parliament on legislation allowing the Japanese armed forces known as the Self-Defense Forces to participate in combat in foreign wars, which had been sought by the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. An overview of the relationship between the passage of the aforementioned legislation and U.S.-Japan relations, including in regard to China's relations with Asian countries, is provided.

The article discusses China's lack of resistance to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (T.P.P.) trade agreement after initially voicing concerns about the agreement. Topics addressed include the possibility that the administration of U.S. president Barack Obama will use the T.P.P. as a geopolitical tool to strengthen ties with American allies in Asian countries neighboring China such as Japan and Vietnam, as well as the implications for China's own trade policies.

The article focuses on the U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to meet President Xi Jinping of China and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and negotiate fair trade deals, and talks of plan for Indo Pacific bilateral trade, nuclear missile by North Korea, and Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The article focuses on the Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to stand without the support of U.S. in the deals like Trans-Pacific Partnership unlike earlier when Abe thoroughly supported U.S. president Donald Trump.

The article discusses the presence of Japanese warship with the U.S. Navy supply ship in Sea of Japan, tensions on the Korean Peninsula over the North's advancing nuclear program and comments from Fumio Kishida, Japan's foreign minister, on their military presence in cooperation with the U.S.

The article reports on hosting of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by U.S. President Donald J. Trump during the former's multiday work-and-play visit to the U.S., as of February 2017, and mentions that Trump has promised close security and economic cooperation.

The article reports on impact of end of U.S. President Barack Obama's tenure on the country's relation with Japan, as of December 2016, and mentions that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been supporting U.S. dealing with Asian geopolitical issues like China's presence in the South China Sea.

The article reports on the move of the U.S. to return the control of 10,000 acres of land on the northern part of the Okinawa to the Japanese authority in December 2016 in exchange for the construction of helicopter land pads on the land retained by the U.S. for military training.

The article discusses challenges to U.S. foreign policy in Asia due to actions by China towards U.S. alliances. Topics discussed include the views of U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, China's territorial claims on the South China Sea, and the alliance between the U.S. and Japan. The possibility of a war starting in Asia is also examined.

The article discusses problems facing U.S. president Barack Obama's foreign policy in Japan and the Middle East as of April 24, 2014. Topics addressed include Israel's announcement of a suspension of peace talks with Palestinians; an inability to reach a trade agreement with Japan regrading an opening of rice, beef, poultry and pork markets prior to Obama's visit to Japan; and relations between Obama and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.

The article discusses Japan's March 23, 2014 announcement that it will turn over a stockpile of weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium to the U.S. government. Topics addressed include varying levels of success of U.S. President Barack Obama's efforts to reduce nuclear stockpiles around the world for security purposes, as well as nuclear weapons policies in Russia.

The article discusses the annual joint exercise between the U.S. and Japan's military personnel at Camp Pendleton in California.

The article reports on the defiant nationalistic comments held by close political associates of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe which has led analysts to warn a growing chill between his government and the U.S. The remarks were revisionist views on Japan's World War II history which have also led to renewed claims from China and South Korea. The comments include an online video that directly criticized the U.S. government held by governing party lawmaker Seiichi Eto.

The article discusses controversies regarding U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy as of January 2014. Topics include Kennedy's comments on a traditional dolphin hunt, her views on Japanese recognition of World War II war memorials, and her status as a celebrity due to her role as daughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

The article focuses on the passage of a national secrets law by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that would roll back Japan's postwar pacifism. It says that the secrecy bill has been considered as Abe's effort to turn the country into a more "normal" nation with fewer restrictions. It adds that Abe stated the need of tighter controls of state secrets to persuade the U.S. to share its military intelligence.

The article discusses the Chinese government's reaction to two American B-52 bomber aircraft that flew over contested airspace over the East China Sea following China's November 23, 2013 announcement that it was establishing an air defense identification zone in the area. Topics addressed include the airspace's implications for power relations between China, The U.S., and Japan, as well as disputes between China and Japan over control of the Senkaku Islands.

The article discusses Japan's military and national security policy as of April 2, 2013, highlighting an increase in its military activities in terms of concerns about a threat from China. Topics addressed include war games staged by Japan in February of 2013, the Japanese military's partnership with the U.S. military, and the military policies favored by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.

The article reports on the identity crisis of Japanese Emperor Akihito who is torn between his duties and succession as one of Japan's national symbol and offers information on the relationship of the U.S. and the Japanese emperor during the American occupation in Japan.

The author reflects on the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama in Hiroshima, Japan on May 27, 2016 where he mourned the victims of the Hiroshima bombing of the U.S. in 1945 and called for a global moral awakening on nuclear weapons.

The article reports on the arrest of U.S. Marine veteran Kenneth Franklin Gadson in Okinawa, Japan in May 2016 on the murder of Japanese woman Rina Shimabukuro, which threatens the ties of both countries, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe brought the case to President Barack Obama's visit.

The article reports that U.S. and allies South Korea and Japan will test their ability to detect and track North korean missiles, which will be conducted on June 28, 2016.

The author reflects on the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Hiroshima, Japan to offer initiatives related to nuclear-free world vision, foreign policy, and the improvement of relationships between the countries.

The article offers the insights of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry regarding the showed alliance between the U.S. and Japan during a visit of the U.S. administration officials to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan on April 11, 2016.

The article reports that Japan Prime Minister Shizo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama have reached an agreement to strengthen their military cooperation while pressing an agreement to eliminate trade barriers.

Reports that tensions over the trade imbalance between the US and Japan produced some unusually blunt exchanges between chief executives gathered in San Francisco for the International Industrial Conference on the outlook for manufacturing industries. Issues.

Suggests that there is no US policy toward Japan and that different US agencies handle US-Japanese economic, political, and military issues in different ways. INSET: The US-Japanese Mystery: Characters in Search of a Policy..

A poll of American and Japanese people showed that positive feelings of each group about the other are stronger than they have been in the past. The major areas of disagreement are whether American might has declined and Emperor Hirohito's responsibility for World War II.

Pictured as they prepared for a photo opportunity, President George Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita met at the White House to discuss new techniques of resolving economic and defense-burden disputes between Japan and the US. Both leaders stressed the need for their nations to rise above the friction caused by trade conflicts and defense spending in order to keep their alliance healthy.

The article reports that the U.S. government under the administration of the U.S. President Barack Obama was in the middle of the rivalry between its Asian allies, Japan and South Korea, on the issue of politics and history.

The article reports on the draft national security strategy plan released by a group of experts appointed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe which called the government to build even closer military ties with the U.S. as the country's balance of power shifts with the rise of China.

The article focuses on the U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. who extends the country's support expressing deep concerns to Japan about China's move to control airspace in islands at East China Sea during his state visit in Japan on December 3, 2013.

The article reports on the state visit of the U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden in Japan on December 2, 2013 for a week-long visit in Asia aimed to reassure a close ally for both countries and demand answers from China's dispute with Japan.