The head of the global trade watchdog says global free trade is facing a “crisis” as U.S. President Donald Trump disrupts ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday the government was ready to take further steps to cushion the economic ...

Vietnam and Japan have set out new cooperation directions with Japan for both nations to further enhance their comprehensive ...

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expresses concern over the crisis in global free trade during talks with Japan's ...

China and Japan have been hit with tariffs as U.S. President Donald Trump demanded that the two countries negotiate a trade deal.

Japan’s economy was shrinking even before the bulk of US President Donald Trump’s tariff measures took force, leaving the ...

Former Japanese economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura meets ... (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- None of the current members of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet visited the war-linked Yasukuni ...

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

the head of the World Trade Organization chief said Tuesday while meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba on Tuesday. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization ...

A former Japanese minister who nearly won last year’s race to ... but she ultimately lost in a tense run-off to fellow Diet member Shigeru Ishiba, who became prime minister.

The leaders of Japan and the Philippines have pledged to deepen their security ties, including increased intelligence sharing, as they grapple with territorial disputes with China. On his first ...