The detainment of the senior employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. by Chinese authorities was the key topic of the three-hour discussion between Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Qin Gang in Beijing.

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 ...

"It is extremely regrettable and worrying," Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters in Tokyo ... information without any scientific basis". In Beijing, a spokesperson at the Japanese embassy told ...

Concerns have mounted since Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi confirmed on Monday ... available on the university's website, examines Beijing's "Belt and Road Initiative" and asks how ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO, March 7 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Japan on Friday expressed its "full confidence" that the United States (US) will fulfil its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...