Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday that they have “once again, asked the US to exempt Japan from auto tariffs.” "US auto tariffs are extremely regrettable.

Hayashi’s visit to China was made based on the agreement between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping in November that the two countries should resume high-level dialogue.

Rosina Buckland’s book dispels the whitewashed argument that Meiji-era art resulted from foreign influences that watered down local forms.