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December 6: President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Japan's SoftBank has agreed to invest $50 billion in the U.S., aiming to create 50,000 new jobs.
SoftBank has made investments in the U.S. in the past, including paying $22 billion for about 80% of Sprint in 2013, The Wall Street Journal reported.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/12/06/donald-trump-softbank-will-invest-50b-us-create-50k-new-jobs
-- 2017 --
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November 6: [On his first overseas trip to Asia] President Donald Trump told a gathering of business leaders in Tokyo that Japan has an unfair advantage on trade and that he intends to fix that imbalance by making it easier to do business in the US.
“Try building your cars in the United States instead of shipping them over. That’s not too much to ask," Trump said. "Is that rude to ask?”
[Japanese automakers, however, already have huge factories in the U.S. that churn out millions of cars each year].
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/donald-trump-japan-trade-carmakers-us-tokyo-sinzo-abe-president-america-unfair-agreements-a8039556.html
November 6: President Trump said mental health, not guns, is to blame for the church shooting massacre that left at least 26 people dead [by a man carrying a semi-automatic weapon] in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, calling the assailant a "very deranged individual."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-calls-texas-church-shooting-act-evil/story?id=50950818
November 6: When asked whether tighter gun-control laws could help prevent such shootings, Trump said the attack "isn't a guns situation" and that "mental health is your problem here." He said the initial investigation indicates the killer was a "very deranged individual."
Fewer people have been shot to death in Japan in the past five years than were killed in the Texas shooting on Sunday,
http://theweek.com/speedreads/735563/trump-blames-church-massacre-mental-health-problems
November 10: Trump carries on golfing as Japan's Shinzo Abe falls into bunker
Shinzo Abe took a tumble and Donald Trump didn't notice.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-41939359/trump-carries-on-golfing-as-japan-s-shinzo-abe-falls-into-bunker
-- 2018 --
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March 5: Trump Tariff Talk Is for Show, Says Japan Fund Chief ... President of $1.5 trillion public pension fund sees good value in U.S. stocks, bonds after recent falls
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-tariff-talk-is-for-show-says-japan-fund-chief-1520250413
May 29: Tariffs on steel, threats of car import levies and intense pressure for a two-way economic deal: despite warm personal ties, U.S. President Donald Trump is giving Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a decidedly tough time on trade.
Trump has also withdrawn from a multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) promoted by Abe as a counterweight to China, abandoned a climate change accord backed by Tokyo and is pursuing talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un notwithstanding Abe’s warnings about past mistakes.
Japan has notified the WTO it reserves the right to take counter-measures against the U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum totaling $440 million, the amount of added duties the U.S. tariffs would impose on its exports of those products.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-japan/trump-giving-japans-abe-a-hard-time-on-trade-despite-close-ties-idUSKCN1IU0PA
June 15: Trump reportedly told Japan's prime minister he'd send him '25 million Mexicans'
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-25-million-mexicans-japan-shinzo-abe-immigration-2018-6
July 25: Six members of a Japanese doomsday cult held responsible for the deaths of dozens of people have been executed, according to Japan's justice minister.
The group's leader Shoko Asahara -- real name Chizuo Matsumoto -- was executed earlier in July, along with six other members of the cult, which was responsible for a sarin gas attack on a Tokyo subway in 1995.
Other members of Aum Shinrikyo who had been sentenced to death were hanged Thursday morning, Justice Minister Yoko Kawakami told reporters.
The Tokyo attack was part of a murder spree throughout the country that left 29 people dead. The subway attack itself killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000 others.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/25/asia/aum-shinrikyo-remaining-members-executed/
August 17: Could Trump’s blundering lead to war between China and Japan?
China and Japan’s postwar truce has always been an uneasy one – and if Washington cools its support for Tokyo, the dynamics in the region could shift dangerously.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/17/could-trumps-blundering-lead-to-war-between-china-and-japan
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August 27: North Korea accuses US of 'hatching a criminal plot to unleash a war'
North Korea's state newspaper accused the US of "hatching a criminal plot to unleash a war against the DPRK" while "having a dialogue with a smile on its face" Sunday following a report on South Korean radio that American forces in Japan were running drills aimed at invading Pyongyang.
US Forces Japan (USFJ) told CNN on Monday it was "not aware of the drills" mentioned in North and South Korean media reports.
"In general, US aircrafts and ships operate from Japan every day in support of our commitments to our allies and partners in the region and in the interests of regional peace and security," Col. John Hutcheson, the Director of public affairs of USFJ, said in a statement.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/27/politics/north-korea-us-special-forces-drill/index.html
September 26: Trump Announces Japan Trade Talks With Focus on Cars, Farm Goods
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-26/trump-said-to-plan-trade-talks-with-japan-that-will-include-cars
September 26: Japan dodges U.S. auto tariffs, for now, as Trump and Abe agree on trade talks
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-japan/japan-dodges-u-s-auto-tariffs-for-now-as-trump-and-abe-agree-on-trade-talks-idUSKCN1M62Q9
October 10: Trump tried to help a Republican megadonor build a casino in Japan
Sheldon Adelson gave President Trump millions for his campaign. It seems Trump reportedly tried to return the favor.
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/10/10/17959096/trump-adelson-casino-japan-pro-publica
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October 19: Japan Caved to Trump on Trade Talks. Now the Real Haggling Begins ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/world/asia/trump-japan-trade.html
October 23: Japan's Abe will meet China's Xi — under the shadow of Trump
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/23/china-japan-summit-abe-meets-xi-under-the-shadow-of-trump.html
November 8: In case you missed it: Trump’s awkward response to a Japanese reporter
Trump made several references in his news conference to how he feels mistreated by the press. Overshadowed by that ruckus was his exchange with a Japanese reporter, whose question Trump brusquely dismissed as incomprehensible due to his accent — prompting both criticism and sympathy from those watching the scene unfold.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/in-case-you-missed-it-trumps-awkward-response-to-a-japanese-reporter/#.W-xJL6UoHTQ
November 10: Trump carries on golfing as Japan's Shinzo Abe falls into bunker
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-41939359/trump-carries-on-golfing-as-japan-s-shinzo-abe-falls-into-bunker
December 10: U.S. Automakers Urge Trump to Push Hard to Open Japanese Market
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-10/u-s-automakers-urge-trump-to-push-hard-to-open-japanese-market
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