Hayashi also pledged to steadily advance the return of land south of Kadena on the main island of Okinawa from U.S. military control to the Japanese, in accordance with a 2013 agreement between ...

A source connected with China’s Communist Party said, “Hayashi’s visit to China was hastily decided in the past week or so. The Japanese side was eager (on making the visit happen).” ...

But some of the 20 new arrivals are believed to have no connection to Japan. Hayashi was visiting Poland to grasp the refugee situation and determine the needs of the Ukrainian evacuees.

WASHINGTON--Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi sounded the alarm about China's behavior in the Indo-Pacific during a visit to Washington on Friday, saying the "logic of brute force" was ...