Japan

  • 1 Dec 2018

    G20 leaders have agreed a final statement on global trade, climate and migration issues at their summit in Argentina, after diplomats negotiated through the night. Tensions between the United States and China dominated the gathering, but Brexit loomed over proceedings too, as Japan’s leader urged Theresa May not to let Britain crash out of the…

  • 8 Jul 2018

    Up to 76 people are feared to have died and scores are missing amid unprecedented floods in western Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says rescue efforts are a “race against time”.

  • 30 Aug 2017

    Talking is not the answer when it comes to North Korea, Donald Trump warned today, claiming the US had been paying what he called ‘extortion money’ to Pyongyang for years.