U.S. President Donald Trump, during his first visit to Japan since returning to power, declared that “the golden age of the U.S.-Japan alliance has arrived” after holding a summit with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on the 28th.

Japan's Nikkei share average closed above the 50,000 level for the first time on Monday, continuing a run of successive records on expectations of sizeable spending from the nation's new prime minister.

Lawmaker Takao Saito denounced Japan's military campaign in China, and was subsequently expelled from the lower chamber of the Diet.

The first thing we discussed was that Japan’s crisis was unlikely to be solved by politics because at its root it’s a spiritual one. To wit: 1.5 million young Japanese are holed up in their homes, suffering from severe depression that leaves them unable to function in society.