Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide is seeking to strengthen cooperation with China in the economic field to improve relations. He also wants China to act positively on maritime and security issues around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Japan controls the islands. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory. China and Taiwan claim them.
Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has asked his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, for close cooperation to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Suga made the request in talks with Phuc in Hanoi on Monday. The summit was held after a ceremony to welcome the new Japanese leader.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping by phone for the first time since taking office last week.
He spoke to reporters after the talks on Friday.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison have agreed to deepen cooperation for the stability and prosperity of the international community.
The leaders spoke by phone on Sunday for about 20 minutes.
Members of the family of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korea have met a top official at the US Embassy in Tokyo and asked for cooperation toward a return of Japanese nationals abducted by the North.
Yokota Megumi was abducted in 1977 on her way home from junior high school in Niigata City, on the Sea of Japan coast.
Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is seeking more cooperation from the public to avoid close contact with others to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
Abe spoke to reporters on Tuesday, two weeks after he declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and six prefectures. The state of emergency was later expanded to cover the entire nation.
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have agreed that their nations will cooperate with the other Group of Seven members in responding to the coronavirus outbreak.
Aso and Mnuchin spoke over the phone on Tuesday.
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has stressed the need to closely work with other countries to address the impact of the new coronavirus outbreak on the global economy.
After a BOJ policymakers' meeting on Monday, Kuroda told reporters that they convened two days earlier than scheduled because of the need for swift measures that smoothen business operations and stabilize financial markets.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan will step up cooperation with the international community to fight the coronavirus, now that the World Health Organization has declared a global pandemic.
Abe told reporters on Thursday morning the declaration is a response to the ongoing spread of the virus around the world.
BEIRUT — Japan's deputy justice minister met top officials in Lebanon on Monday over the case of Nissan's fugitive ex-boss, Carlos Ghosn, who fled to his home country late last year while on bail in Japan and awaiting trial.
Ghosn was arrested in late 2018 and is facing charges of under-reporting income and breach of trust. He says he is innocent. He led Nissan for nearly 20 years.