Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) and Komeito agreed to form a new centrist party, leaders of both parties announced on Thursday. #XinhuaNews | China Xinhua News

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, during which he presented a number of ways Japan plans to work with the U.S. on trade and job creation. Kazuo Shii, head of the Japanese Communist Party says such a gesture of offering tributes would only make Japan more subordinate to the U.S. Hattori Ryoichi, former member of the House of Representatives questions why Japan try so hard for America. He says that Abe is like a dog wagging its tail to please Trum