Mari Yamaguchi

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  • Ford's enormous F-150Economy

    Ford’s enormous F-150 becomes unlikely part of Japan’s efforts to woo Trump

    By The Associated Press and Mari Yamaguchi
  • S President Donald Trump shakes hands with with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.Economy

    The Trump administration flubbed a detail on its Japan trade deal so it apologized and agreed to refund overcharged tariffs

    By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
  • Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister, right, faces towards the camera and Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, shake hands on a stage surrounded by flowers.Global

    Aging Japan is tripling its investments to $6.8 billion a year in a bid to get India’s younger workers

    By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
  • Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wags his finger with a serious face at the camera.Middle East

    Japan pitches free trade zone linking it to Africa, India while extending $5.5 billion loan

    By Mari Yamaguchi, Ayaka McGill, and others
  • FILE – Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato arrives at the prime minister’s office Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, file)Politics

    Japan hesitates between old rival China and old friend America as Trump tariffs upend alliances

    By Mari Yamaguchi, Didi Tang, and others
  • George Glass, America's ambassador to Japan, welcomes representatives from TokyoPolitics

    America’s new ambassador to Japan says he’s optimistic they can reach a deal over tariffs so both countries can ‘push back against a country like China’

    By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
  • Japan’s chief trade negotiator and Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa, center, speaks to the reporters before this departure for the U.S., at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)Politics

    Japan’s chief trade negotiator will visit Washington to deal with Trump tariffs prime minister calls ‘a national crisis’

    By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
  • Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pose for the cameras during the Cooperation Document Exchange Ceremony at the Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool Photo via AP)Politics

    Brazilian President Lula swipes at new 25% auto tariffs, saying Trump is president only of the U.S. not the world

    By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
  • Japanese Trade Minister Yoji Muto speaks during a news conference on the tariffs of Japanese exports including cars and steel, in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)Politics

    Japan’s trade minister says he tried but failed to win assurances that key U.S. ally would be exempt from 25% tariffs

    By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
  • TOKYO, JAPAN – DECEMBER 14: Japan’s newly appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s official residence on December 14, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida replaced four Cabinet members implicated in a political fundraising scandal. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)Leadership

    Japan says Russia’s new permanent ban of 13 people—mostly company leaders like Toyota chair Akio Toyoda—is an attack on Japanese business

    By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
  • Narendra Modi Joe Biden stand togetherPolitics

    India and Japan hit back at Joe Biden’s comments calling them ‘xenophobic’ countries like Russia and China

    By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
  • Mount FujiLifestyle

    Japanese town with near-perfect shot of Mount Fuji hates tourists so much it’s building a giant black billboard to block the view

    By Akaya McGill, Mari Yamaguchi, and others
  • ShibuyaLeadership

    The mayor of Tokyo’s nightlife district begs partiers to stay away: ‘Please, do not come to the Shibuya station area for Halloween’

    By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
  • Rahm Emanuel

    Rahm Emanuel, the ambassador to Japan, just accused China of ‘economic coercion’ in a spat over a seafood imports ban

    By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
  • Haruki Murakami

    Haruki Murakami devastated about Tokyo’s plans to tear down historic baseball stadium that inspired him to become a novelist

    By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press