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TAIPEI -- Japan's plans to ramp up the defense of its remote southwestern islands are being seen as a move to boost support for Taiwan as it faces a heightened Chinese military threat. [1]

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is looking to visit South Korea at the end of September, before he steps down, to discuss security and trade with President Lee Jae Myung and pave the way for the next Japanese leader to maintain good r... [2]

International relationsJapan's Ishiba meets with Trump, but no agreement reached Prime minister cites automobiles as 'national interest,' looking for deal as package Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets with U.S. [3]

ArtsKabuki returns to the world stage after pandemic lull Saudi Arabia productions highlight new possibilities for Japan's traditional theater Kabuki and digital art converge at teamLab Borderless in Jeddah during November’s celebration of 70 years o... [4]

TOKYO -- Japanese engineering company IHI will pull out of biomass power plant operations in the U.S., Nikkei has learned. As the administration of President Donald Trump pushes back against decarbonization efforts, IHI decided to end the U.S. [5]

Paetongtarn Shinawatra visited her father, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, in prison today and shared a family photo, giving her followers their first glimpse of him since his imprisonment on corruption charges in September. [6]

TOKYO -- Farm equipment maker Iseki has developed a low-priced tractor designed for the farmers of Southeast Asia that it will manufacture in Indonesia. [7]

In Japan hundreds of thousands of people follow the culinary life of Goro Inogashira -- and everyone likes him. But this isn't Instagram. Inogashira has no social-media account; he's not even a real person. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-08-20 · 75% match

Japan missile plan on Ishigaki island helps boost Taiwan defense

TAIPEI -- Japan's plans to ramp up the defense of its remote southwestern islands are being seen as a move to boost support for Taiwan as it faces a heightened Chinese military threat.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-12 · 44% match

Japan PM Ishiba eyes September South Korea visit before resigning

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is looking to visit South Korea at the end of September, before he steps down, to discuss security and trade with President Lee Jae Myung and pave the way for the next Japanese leader to maintain good r

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-17 · 43% match

Japan's Ishiba meets with Trump, but no agreement reached

International relationsJapan's Ishiba meets with Trump, but no agreement reached Prime minister cites automobiles as 'national interest,' looking for deal as package Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets with U.S.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-07 · 43% match

Kabuki returns to the world stage after pandemic lull

ArtsKabuki returns to the world stage after pandemic lull Saudi Arabia productions highlight new possibilities for Japan's traditional theater Kabuki and digital art converge at teamLab Borderless in Jeddah during November’s celebration of 70 years o

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-08 · 40% match

Japan's IHI to withdraw from biomass power generation in US

TOKYO -- Japanese engineering company IHI will pull out of biomass power plant operations in the U.S., Nikkei has learned. As the administration of President Donald Trump pushes back against decarbonization efforts, IHI decided to end the U.S.

[6] TH world.thaipbs.or.th · 2025-11-27 · 40% match

Thaksin seen for first time since jailing as Paetongtarn makes family visit

Paetongtarn Shinawatra visited her father, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, in prison today and shared a family photo, giving her followers their first glimpse of him since his imprisonment on corruption charges in September.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-03-12 · 47% match

Iseki cultivating sales among Southeast Asia farmers

TOKYO -- Farm equipment maker Iseki has developed a low-priced tractor designed for the farmers of Southeast Asia that it will manufacture in Indonesia.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-06-28 · 45% match

The art of eating alone

In Japan hundreds of thousands of people follow the culinary life of Goro Inogashira -- and everyone likes him. But this isn't Instagram. Inogashira has no social-media account; he's not even a real person.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-02-06 · 44% match

Can Japan's Ishiba convey strength at Trump summit? 5 things to watch

WASHINGTON -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrives in Washington on Thursday for his first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump the following day.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-12-30 · 42% match

Japan PM Ishiba looks to meet Trump as soon as February

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is preparing to visit Washington for a meeting with Donald Trump as soon as February following the U.S. president-elect's inauguration, Nikkei has learned.

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