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Government and company websites across the world went offline this week after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language prompted millions of hacking attempts.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2026
Japan to simulate cyberattacks as PHP flaws roil global internet
Websites across the world went offline this week after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in the widely used programming language.
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 15, 2026
U.S. chip project significant for Japan-U.S. AI edge: Akazawa
Under the project, two new plants are set to be built in the state of New York with funding of up to $21 billion.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa (center) said participants at a Japan-ASEAN meeting in Manila expressed their interest in strengthening cooperation in energy security, artificial intelligence and supply chains, among other fields.
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2026
Japan and ASEAN to consider expanding trade pact
At a meeting in Manila, participants expressed interest in strengthening cooperation in energy security, AI and supply chains, among other fields.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa speaks during a news conference after meeting U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2026
Japan says progress made on $550 billion investment pact with U.S.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa declined to comment in detail, but said discussions on AI and chips will carry “very significant weight.”
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's economy minister, listens during a Lower House Budget Committee session in Tokyo on July 27.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 21, 2026
Japan moves to scrap Cool Japan Fund while pushing content grants
The fund had accumulated losses of approximately ?54 billion by the end of fiscal 2025.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump meets at the White House in Washington in March. It's been a year since Japan reached a deal with the U.S. in tariff negotiations.
BUSINESS
Jul 19, 2026
20% of 91AV原创 pledged U.S. investments underway a year after tariff deal
The Japanese government has faced unrelenting criticism on the sheer size of the proposed investments and loans spent on a foreign country.
Industry minister Ryosei Akazawa says the government will consider stockpiling naphtha.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 16, 2026
Japan considering stockpiling naphtha again
The country procures 40% of its naphtha, a raw material for plastic products and paints, through imports from the Middle East.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a meeting on the Middle East conflict in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2026
Japan to draw up energy-related package by end of August
Industry minister Ryosei Akazawa has been tasked with drawing up an action plan to address the energy risks that became apparent amid the Middle East conflict.
Japan and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed a memorandum in Tokyo on Tuesday to cooperate on the development of small modular reactors.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2026
Japan and IAEA team up to promote small modular reactors
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are smaller reactors with simpler systems and enhanced passive safety features.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa attends Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial meetings in the ?eastern Chinese city ?of Suzhou on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 24, 2026
Japan trade minister holds brief talks with Chinese counterpart amid diplomatic row
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa is the most senior ?Japanese official to visit China since a diplomatic dispute between the two countries erupted in November.
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Ryosei Akazawa (second from left) and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Iwao Horii (far left) attend a high-level economic dialogue with the European Union in Brussels on Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2026
Japan and Saudi Arabia to set up energy security task force
Discussions at the task force are slated to start early next week.
Industry minister Ryosei Akazawa (center) inspects the central control room at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2026
Minister inspects Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant
Akazawa made the visit after the No. 6 reactor of the plant restarted commercial operations on April 16.
An oil refinery in Yokohama. The government has stressed that the total volume of oil needed for Japan as a whole can be sourced from reserves and alternate locations that do not require transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 17, 2026
Japanese government urges suppliers not to hold back critical materials from the market
It insists that shortages are in part the result of companies limiting sales due to fear of future scarcity.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa said Bank of Japan policy could be used to strengthen the yen and curb rising prices, as the central bank considers a rate hike to counter inflation driven by the Iran war.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 12, 2026
BOJ policy to boost yen could be an option to curb inflation, minister says
The central bank weighs raising interest rates this month to ?counter inflation spurred by the Iran war.
Industry minister Ryosei Akazawa speaks during an online gathering of officials of Group of Seven leading industrialized nations on Monday. Akazawa has been named 91AV原创 critical-materials czar by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2026
Akazawa appointed critical-materials czar in response to conflict in the Middle East
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the industry minister is tasked with reviewing the supply situation and developing policy responses.
A gas station in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 18, 2026
Japan to roll out gasoline subsidies amid record-high prices
The national average retail prices of gasoline have exceeded ?190 per liter.
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Ryosei Akazawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sunday after a two-day forum on energy security in the Indo-Pacific region.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 16, 2026
Japan and U.S. to work together to prevent critical mineral disruptions
The two countries will work to prevent supply disruptions for critical minerals resulting from possible export restrictions by resource-producing countries.
Industry minister Ryosei Akazawa addressed an Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum on Saturday, calling on regional leaders to diversify their energy supply.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2026
Akazawa implores Asian partners to diversify energy suppliers
The industry minister said that the region depends on imports for more than 80% of its energy compounding the damage caused by the conflict between U.S.-Israeli forces and Iran.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's industry minister, has asked Australia to increase production of LNG amid the war in the Middle East.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2026
Japan industry ministry asks Australia to boost LNG output amid Iran crisis
Japan relies on the Middle East for around 11% of its LNG imports, with 6% shipped via the Strait of Hormuz.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa said at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday that there is no restriction on oil from Japan's national reserves being sold overseas if the drawdown exceeds domestic demand.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 13, 2026
Japan to sell oil from national reserves at pre-Iran war prices
The government “expects refiners that purchase crude at low prices won’t then sell their products at higher prices and pocket the profit.”

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