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Published on May 21, 2025

Japan’s Exports Slow as US Tariffs Bite, Risking Recession

By region, Japan’s exports to the US declined 1.8%, led by cars and construction machinery, while exports to China and Europe fell 0.6% and 5.2%, respectively. The yen averaged 147.7 against the US dollar in April, 2.6% stronger than a year earlier, which …

Source: Financial Post - Center-right
Published on May 21, 2025

‘Never bought rice’: Japan agriculture minister resigns over tone-deaf comment

TOKYO, May 21 — Japan’s farm minister resigned today after saying he never buys rice because he gets it free, a remark that drew public fury in a country facing soaring food prices. “Just now I submitted my resignation to Prime Minister (Shigeru) Ishiba,” …

Source: Malay Mail - Neutral
Published on May 21, 2025

Japan PM sacks farm minister over controversial gifted rice gaffe

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday sacked farm minister Taku Eto over a controversial remark that sparked public outrage amid soaring rice prices, dealing a fresh blow to the already unpopular minority government leader ahead of a …

Source: Kyodo News+ - Neutral
Published on May 21, 2025

Podcast [English World] Episode 98: Japan mulls covering births from 2026

Could subsidized births boost baby numbers? Three Kyodo News reporters -- Ellessa Yamada, Eduardo Martinez and Peter Masheter -- talk about the Japanese government's proposals to fully cover childbirth costs from as soon as 2026. Listen as they discuss …

Source: Kyodo News+ - Neutral
Published on May 21, 2025

JCS Chief, New US Counterpart Agree to Enhance Trilateral Security Cooperation with Japan

Photo : YONHAP News The top military officers of South Korea and the United States discussed the security situation on the Korean Peninsula and pending alliance issues in their first phone call. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) on …

Source: KBS World - Pending
Published on May 21, 2025

Eto Dismissed as Japan’s Agricultural Minister; Chosen Successor Koizumi Vows to Tackle High Rice Prices (UPDATE 2)

The Yomiuri Shimbun Taku Eto, left, and Shinjiro Koizumi The Yomiuri Shimbun 17:35 JST, May 21, 2025 Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday dismissed agriculture minister Taku Eto, who was criticized for saying he had “never bought rice.” Ishiba will …

Source: The Japan News - Neutral
Published on May 21, 2025

Japan's agriculture minister resigns over his inappropriate remark about buying rice

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister resigned Wednesday over his inappropriate remark about buying rice as the public struggles with record high prices of the country's traditional staple food. At a party seminar Sunday in Saga prefecture, …

Source: Orillia News - Neutral
Published on May 21, 2025

What made matchmaking events in Japan's least populated prefecture a 'great success'?

Participants in a matchmaking event strike yoga poses on the Tottori Sand Dunes in this photo provided by the Tottori Prefectural Government. TOKYO -- Many local governments in Japan are abandoning matchmaking events intended to combat declining birth …

Source: The Mainichi - Neutral
Published on May 21, 2025

BREAKING NEWS: Japan PM to appoint Shinjiro Koizumi as farm minister: gov't source

Source: Kyodo News+ - Neutral
Published on May 21, 2025

BREAKING NEWS: Japan logs 115.8 bil. yen trade deficit in April

Source: Kyodo News+ - Neutral