The latest NHK opinion poll shows that the approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s Cabinet remains unchanged from last month at 61 percent. The disapproval rate is 23 percent, up 1 percentage point.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has arrived in Japan for talks with Japanese leaders on a wide range of topics. Bessent flew into Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Monday, ahead of a summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in China later this week.
A long-abandoned steam locomotive is back in motion after one man devoted years of his time to restoring it. Ishikawa Akira, a 78-year-old equipment installation business owner in Toyota City, central Japan, unveiled the repaired D51 engine on his firm’s premises on Sunday.