David Brunnstrom
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Asia/other foreign policy @Reuters Washington. Previously Brussels and all over Asia. Once retweeted by the Downing Street cat.
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Joined April 2008
US lifts sanctions on #Myanmar junta allies after general praises Trump
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The United States lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar's ruling generals on Thursday, two weeks after the head of the ruling junta praised President Donald Trump and called for...
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RT @zerohedge: Trump says completed trade deal with Japan: "will pay Reciprocal Tariffs to the United States of 15%", "will open their Coun….
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TRUMP: WE JUST COMPLETED A MASSIVE DEAL WITH #JAPAN.TRUMP: APAN WILL INVEST, AT MY DIRECTION, $550 BLN DOLLARS INTO UNITED STATES.TRUMP: JAPAN WILL PAY RECIPROCAL TARIFFS TO UNITED STATES OF 15%.TRUMP: JAPAN WILL INVEST, AT MY DIRECTION, $550 BLN DOLLARS INTO UNITED STATES.
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more from my colleagues @geddiejdk and @kellyJapan in Tokyo #Japan PM vows to stay on after bruising election defeat
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Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on after his ruling coalition suffered a bruising defeat in upper house elections on Sunday as some of his own party discussed his future and the...
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Sohei Kamiya, the party's 47-year-old leader, a former supermarket manager and English teacher, told Reuters before the election he had drawn inspiration from U.S. President Donald Trump's "bold political style".
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While Japan's fast-ageing society has seen foreign-born residents hit a record of about 3.8 million last year, that is just 3% of the total population, a fraction of the corresponding proportion in the United States and Europe.
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Birthed on YouTube during the COVID-19 pandemic spreading conspiracy theories about vaccinations and a cabal of global elites, the party broke into mainstream politics with its "Japanese First" campaign.'.
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The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election on Sunday, gaining support with warnings of a "silent invasion" of immigrants, and pledges for tax cuts and welfare spending.
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The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support with warnings of a "silent invasion" of immigrants.
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The LDP has been urging fiscal restraint, eyeing a very jittery bond market, as investors worry about #Japan 's ability to refinance the world's largest debt pile. Any concessions the LDP must now strike to pass policy will elevate nerves, analysts say
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The outcome further weakens Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's grip on power.
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Japan's upper house elections set for Sunday.Ruling coalition expected to lose majority, polls show.Investors sell government bonds, fearing fiscal shift.Far-right could gain as populism takes root #japan
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Analysts say Shigeru Ishiba might have to resign in a worst-case scenario.
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Trump said that goods from #Vietnam would face a 20% tariff and that any trans-shipments from third countries would face a 40% levy. Details were scarce and it was not immediately clear how the trans-shipment provision would be implemented.
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The United States will place a lower-than-promised tariff on many Vietnamese exports, Donald Trump said, cooling tensions with its tenth-biggest trading partner days before the U.S. president could...
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Other crimes that will no longer lead to the death penalty include activities aimed at overthrowing the government, vandalising state property, manufacturing fake medicine, jeopardising peace, triggering invasive wars, espionage and carrying drugs
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Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said on Wednesday, sparing the life of...
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RT @USAmbChina: In a meeting today with Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office Director and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, I emphasized Presi….
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Kim told a press conference that he had congratulated his opponent, liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung, on his election victory. More @Reuters.
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03 Jun 2025 12:36:25 PM - SOUTH KOREA CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KIM MOON-SOO CONCEDES DEFEAT -LIVE TV #SouthKorea.
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RT @SecRubio: The U.S. will begin revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or st….
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RT @Reuters: President Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely pres….
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"I think it's going to be fantastic for China, I think it's going to be fantastic for us, and I think it's going to be great for unification and peace," Trump said, without mentioning #Taiwan. US mission says 'unification' comment about US-China trade -
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U.S. President Donald Trump's comment on "unification" was about the U.S.-China trade relationship and U.S. policy toward Taiwan has not changed, the de facto U.S. embassy on the island said on...
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Congrats to my @Reuters colleagues for this one. First Reuters Pulitzer for an investigative series. Reuters wins Pulitzer for investigation of fentanyl trade -
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The series of stories penetrate the international trade in the chemicals used to make fentanyl, the drug at the heart of a crisis that has killed some 450,000 Americans and counting.
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Ali France: disability activist who overcame grief to oust Australia opposition chief Dutton -
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Disability advocate Ali France pulled off a shock defeat of Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton in his own seat on Saturday at the third time of asking, just over a year after losing her son...
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