1. The latest NHK opinion poll shows the approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s Cabinet is 44 percent. This is 5 points up from January. The disapproval rate is 35 percent, which is down 5 points. Ishiba is considering revising the budget bill for the new fiscal year by adopting views from the opposition parties. The ruling parties are a minority in the Lower House.
2. Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Sigeru gifted US President Donald Trump a golden samurai helmet and a Japanese vase when the two leaders met in Washington on Friday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa told reporters on Monday that the helmet was presented with prayers for the health and well-being of President Trump’s family, especially his grandchildren, as the president cherishes his family.
3. China’s media say the country started countermeasures early on Monday against the additional tariffs placed on Chinese imports by the United States. The Chinese government had announced that it would put a 15-percent tariff on US coal and liquefied natural gas, and it would also impose a 10-percent levy on goods such as crude oil, agricultural machinery and large-engine automobiles. The measures are meant to counter the additional 10-percent tariffs placed on Chinese products by US President Donald Trump’s administration on February 4.
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