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"Japan is coming" to White House today to negotiate tariffs with President Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Trump says

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 14 km N of Hasaki, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 50 km E of Yokohama, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 24 km WNW of Imabetsu, Japan

Nintendo says it will pause pre-orders launch of the Switch 2 because of the new Trump tariffs

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 44 km SSE of Kushima, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 - 54 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan

Reuters: “China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday. The comments came after the countries held their first economic dialogue in five years”

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says his country and Japan share a “warrior ethos” in tackling Chinese aggression across the Taiwan Strait

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 75 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 44 km SSE of Kushima, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 5 km ENE of Ōtaki, Japan

The top diplomats from Japan, China and South Korea met in Tokyo on Saturday, seeking common ground on East Asian security and economic issues amid escalating global uncertainty. "Given the increasingly severe international situation, I believe we may truly be at a turning point in history," Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said at the start of the meeting in Tokyo with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul.The three agreed to accelerate preparations for a trilateral summit in Japan this year that would also include talks on how Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul can tackle declining birthrates and aging populations, Iwaya said in a joint announcement after the meeting

The Pentagon is considering halting a planned expansion of U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ), such a move could save about $1.1 billion in costs related to personnel and command and control upgrades. Source: CNN

Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 25 km NNW of Hakui, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 12 km S of Honmachi, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 43 km SSE of Honchō, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 71 km WNW of Furubira, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 46 km ENE of Noda, Japan

Трамп: Морамо да заштитимо Јапан, али они не морају да нас бране

Moscow has closed entry to the Japanese Foreign Minister, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported

Japanese military: Major joint US-Japan military exercises in southern Japan

Вршилац дужности председника Јужне Кореје Чои Санг Мок каже да је сарадња Јапана и Јужне Кореје „апсолутно неопходна" након састанка Трампа и Зеленског у Белој кући

Japan ForestFire burns homes as thousands of people evacuate.Firefighters continued to battle a fire blazing across Japan’s northeastern coastal city of Ofunato on Friday.1,300 households evacuated and 3,000 people seeking refuge in reception centres

Wildfires are raging in Japan's Iwate prefecture, with reports of several fatalities and the evacuation of over 3,300 people from the outskirts of the city of OfunatonnOfunato Japan

Japan: At least one person has died and 84 homes have been destroyed as wildfires continue to spread in the country's northeastern city of Ofunato.

Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 - 38 km ESE of Shingū, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 7 km E of Muroran, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 38 km WNW of Hakui, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 40 km SE of Wada, Japan