TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday expressed "serious concern" about the U.S.

GINOWAN, Okinawa Prefecture—Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi met with Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki here on March 16 to address the growing concerns about sexual assaults perpetrated by ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, the government’s top spokesman, said at a news conference that the suspects in all three cases were not prosecuted.

Tokyo — Japan's government is calling for stricter oversight of U.S. troops stationed in the country after a soldier was charged over the alleged sexual assault of a Japanese teenager in Okinawa.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Monday signaled a negative view over the possibility of Japan attending future meetings of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear ...

Tokyo, April 1 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tuesday that the government has conveyed its concern to Beijing over a Chinese military drill near Taiwan.

TOKYO, March 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US tariffs on auto imports are "extremely regrettable", the Japanese government's spokesman said Thursday after US President Donald Trump announced levies of 25 ...

Japan said Wednesday it was "regrettable" that the country had not been granted an exemption from U.S. President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs of 25%. Asked if Japan was considering ...

Japan said Monday it will continue to work closely with Canada to ensure peace in the Indo-Pacific and maintain unity among the Group of Seven nations, as former central banker Mark Carney prepares to ...