President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of countries took effect on Wednesday, including massive 104 percent duties on Chinese goods, deepening his global trade war even as he prepared for negotiations with some nations. Trump’s punishing tariffs have shaken a global trading order that has persisted for decades, raised fears of recession and driven…
The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will hold a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday, Seoul’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and his Japanese and Chinese counterparts, Takeshi Iwaya and Wang Yi, will discuss cooperation since the last trilateral leaders’ summit in May last…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president. Blinken will hold talks with counterpart Cho Tae-yul on Monday, the same day a warrant expires to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol who unsuccessfully tried to…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed “serious concerns” over the situation in the South China Sea to Chinese President Xi Jinping in their first in-person talks, Tokyo’s foreign ministry said Saturday. But the pair agreed to work to expand cultural exchanges and continue high-level dialogue on the economy, both Tokyo and Beijing said after the…
One of the world’s fastest growing sports properties lit up Bahrain this weekend as the frenetic, all-action FIBA (International Basketball Federation) 3×3 World Tour returned to Manama. The 3×3 basketball format has enjoyed a meteoric rise in recent years, with its half-court set-up, 10-minute matches and festival-like atmosphere making it an engaging product for young…
Nearly 200,000 people in western Japan were urged to evacuate on Saturday as authorities warned of landslides and floods while the remnants of a tropical storm continue to affect the country. The Japan Meteorological Agency said that “warm, moist air… was causing heavy rainfall with thunderstorms in western Japan,” partly due to Kong-rey, which had been…
It is unclear if the suspect targeted the boy because he was Japanese, but there is concern that the incident could trigger a further deterioration in ties Japan’s foreign minister, Yoko Kamikawa, has described as “despicable” the alleged killing in China of a 10-year-old Japanese boy and demanded that Chinese authorities do everything possible to ensure the…
Icom says the two-way radios apparently used in attacks across Lebanon, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 450, were discontinued a decade ago. TOKYO — The Japanese manufacturer of the two-way radios reportedly detonated in a second round of explosions targeting the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon said Thursday that it was investigating the…
Trains and flights have been cancelled in Japan as one of the strongest typhoons to hit the country in decades drenches cities in its path. At least six people have been killed and more than 100 injured after Typhoon Shanshan made landfall in the south-western Japan on Thursday. Now downgraded to a tropical storm, Shanshan…
Jaco van Gass revealed he was hit by a car just days before winning Britain’s first cycling gold medal of the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Van Gass beat Paralympics GB team-mate Fin Graham in the men’s C3 3,000m individual pursuit final. But the 38-year-old said he is fortunate to be at the Games following an incident…
