TOKYO (Reuters) -Chinese Premier Li Qiang has sent a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba calling for a coordinated response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff measures, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday. The letter, sent via the Chinese embassy in Japan, stressed the need to “fight protectionism together”, Kyodo said, citing multiple…
Former Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda has warned of a “crisis of dialogue, comprehensive understanding, and mutual trust” between Japan and China, urging leaders from the two nations to take decisive action. “In the past three years … mutual understanding has declined further with goodwill towards each other plummeting,” Fukuda said in a written speech…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory message to Shigeru Ishiba, who was elected Japan’s new prime minister by parliament Tuesday, state-run media reported Wednesday. When Ishiba last Friday won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters that China hopes for stable ties with Japan. Related coverage:…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The final day of another punchy quarter for U.S. stocks has proven a more volatile affair overseas: China’s stellar stock recovery has added another whopping 8% pre-holiday, while Tokyo’s swoon on the new Japanese prime minister jarred in the other direction….