It was meant to be a final swing through Tokyo topped with a sushi breakfast to cement closer ties with one of the US’s closest allies.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted during a visit to Tokyo on Tuesday that ties with Japan were stronger than ever, days after President Joe Biden blocked Nippon Steel's takeover of US ...

he held a working lunch with Iwaya and discussed North Korea's latest missile test, carried out Monday as Blinken visited Seoul. Blinken also spoke with Japanese leaders about Russia's invasion of ...