Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi criticized U.S. President Trump's announcement of a 24 percent reciprocal tariff on Japan but didn't reveal any plans for retaliatory measures.

Japan has test-fired a missile on Japanese territory for the first time as the country accelerates its military buildup to ...

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday, “Japan won’t do anything to sacrifice the agriculture ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi warned over the weekend that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has "shaken the very foundation of the international order" and that the world should unite in ...

Japan has lodged a protest against the Chinese ambassador’s “extremely inappropriate” comments relating to Taiwan, chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday.

KARUIZAWA, Nagano Prefecture--Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sent a word of caution to China on April 18, the final day of the Group of Seven ...

President Donald Trump is warning Japan that it could face higher tariffs on exports to the United States. His complaint?

China has deployed both of its aircraft carriers—CNS Liaoning and CNS Shandong —to the east of the first island chain since June 7. Japan's military reported that its patrol aircraft was intercepted ...

Yoshimasa Hayashi . On the C-SPAN Networks: Yoshimasa Hayashi is a Minister for Foreign Affairs in Japan with five videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2021 Public ...

Japan will not sacrifice the agricultural sector as part of its tariff negotiations with the United States, its top ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told a July 23 news conference the man was a former member of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces. Hayashi, however, did not give the man’s name or say ...