Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday that countries sanctioning Kigali could “go to hell”, weeks after some nations imposed the measures over Rwanda’s involvement in the eastern DR Congo conflict. The Rwandan-backed M23 group has taken swathes of the Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing and holding the eastern regional capitals Goma and Bukavu, to international…
A potentially explosive level of methane gas was detected at the World Exposition venue in Osaka less than a week before the event’s opening on Sunday, prompting the… © Japan Today
Military contacts between China and Russia are “increasing in frequency,” the Japanese government said in its latest foreign policy report released Tuesday, in the first such wording about the growing defense cooperation between the two countries. In its 2025 Diplomatic Bluebook, the government also expressed serious concern about growing military ties between Russia and North…
Police said Tuesday they have arrested actress Ryoko Hirosue on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in central Japan. Hirosue, 44, allegedly kicked a nurse and… © Japan Today
Asian shares and U.S. futures advanced Tuesday, led by gains in Tokyo where the Nikkei 225 shot up just over 6% as markets calmed somewhat after the shocks from President Donald Trump ’s tariff hikes. The rebound for most regional markets followed a wild day on Wall Street, where stocks careened after Trump threatened to crank his double-digit…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday failed to secure a tariff exemption during a telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, but the two leaders agreed the issue should be further discussed by their ministers. Ishiba said he conveyed Japan’s serious concern that the “unilateral” imposition of tariffs on Japanese products would hurt investment…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday commended Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani for his remarkable achievements last year, including becoming the first Major League Baseball player ever to reach 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season. “He looks like a movie star. He’s got a good future,” Trump said after…
President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. is holding direct talks with Iran about its nuclear program. The president, in comments to reporters after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the talks with Tehran would start Saturday. He insisted Tehran can’t get nuclear weapons. “We’re dealing with them directly and maybe a…
The Kremlin on Monday said that it supported the idea of a truce in Ukraine but had many “questions” about how it would work, pushing back at U.S. and European suggestions that it was playing for time. U.S. President Donald Trump has voiced growing frustration at the lack of progress towards a ceasefire in the…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed for the first time on Monday that Ukrainian troops have been active in Russia’s Belgorod region as they seek to protect Ukrainian towns near the border. Ukrainian troops remain in parts of the neighboring Russian region of Kursk eight months after a cross-border incursion, though Russian forces have recaptured much…
