U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said America stood with ally Japan against the North Korean "menace" and that Washington would work with Tokyo to sort out problems on trade between the world's biggest and third-largest economies. More »
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday he would meet U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Washington D.C. on Oct. 16 for the second round of an economic dialogue between the two countries. More »
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured) deliver joint statements to the media at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will reshu... More »
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross holds a news conference at the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is expected to join Vice President Mike Pence for a bilateral economic d... More »
FILE PHOTO – U.S.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. on February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Wary of their first official encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump’s blustery trad... More »
FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at an industrial port in Yokohama, Japan, January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Japan’s exports probably rose at the fastest pace in two years in February thanks to a softer yen and improving global demand, a Reuters poll sho... More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Toshiba Corp is seen behind a traffic signal at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japan’s industry minister said on Thursday he had agreed with the U.S. energy and commerce secretaries to s... More »
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso takes questions from reporters at the Willard Intercontinental hotel during the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Washington October 7, 2016. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan Toshiba Corp’s Westinghouse unit needs... More »
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso takes questions from reporters at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Washington October 7, 2016. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Thursday that financier G... More »
Men walk toward the Bank of Japan (BOJ) building in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai The likelihood of more monetary stimulus in Japan is diminishing, according to a Reuters poll of economists who were largely split on the central bank’s ne... More »
South Korean won, Chinese yuan and Japanese yen notes are seen on U.S. 100 dollar notes in this picture illustration taken in Seoul, South Korea, December 15, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Asian stocks rallied to 1-1/2-year highs on Monday, helped by renewed hopes... More »
FILE PHOTO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a policy speech at the start of the ordinary session of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will propose new cabinet level U.S.-Japa... More »
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso takes questions from reporters at the Willard Intercontinental hotel during the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Washington October 7, 2016. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan – RTSRB0I Finance Minister Taro Aso sa... More »
Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo The dollar steadied in Asia on Tuesday, keeping previous session gains as markets wagered on a victory... More »
Taro Aso, Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister, attends a meeting ahead of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Sunday he told his Group of 20 counterparts that Japan’s lat... More »
TOKYO Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Monday that downbeat gross domestic product data for the second quarter was due to weak consumer spending and falling exports. Aso told reporters after a cabinet meeting that the government had already compiled ... More »
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto | TOKYO TOKYO Japan’s economic growth ground to a halt in April-June as weak exports and shaky domestic demand prompted companies to cut spending, putting fresh pressure on premier Shinzo Abe to come up with policies that ... More »
TOKYO Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday refrained from commenting on renewed weakness in the yen, after issuing a warning last week about its slide. Aso said on the sidelines of a Group of Seven finance leaders’ gathering last week that recent decl... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday he will tell G20 finance leaders that Japan’s economy is turning for the better as the group is likely to discuss the uneven nature of global growth at this week’s gathering on the sidelines of IMF me... More »
