describing Beijing's increasing military activity as "a serious concern." Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the government was not notified by China of the launch in advance.

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese man who injured ... Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters in Tokyo on Thursday. The case was one of two stabbing attacks on Japanese children in ...

Chinese coastguard vessels began patrols of the contested waters off the Diaoyu Islands on Wednesday, a day after Beijing said ... Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the latest ...

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi noted on Monday that “Japan faces significant challenges if its companies become targets amid US President Donald Trump's policies; the ...

Japan on Friday expressed its "full confidence" that the United States (US) will fulfil its obligations under a bilateral ...

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 ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday. "What's important is the substance of our defense capabilities," Hayashi told a news conference. "It's not that the amount and the GDP ...

Asked if Japan was considering retaliatory measures, top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said the two nations would continue to discuss details of the duties, which came into force at ...

Many analysts warn that U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, along with ongoing tariff threats, are creating uncertainty and disruption in the U.S. economy, and such unpredictability is making it ...

(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday that the U.S. imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs, despite Japan's request for an exemption, is "regrettable." ...

Tokyo, March 3 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Monday signaled a negative view over the possibility of the country attending future meetings of signatories to ...