Gov. Greg Gianforte promoted Montana products and the Treasure State’s partnerships with South Korea and Japan on a trade mission this week. On the trip, Gianforte, a Republican, touted, wheat, beef,

Following Japan, Trump will visit South Korea to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Gyeongju. He will meet President Lee Jae Myung and address business leaders, reinforcing US engagement with the region.

Just days after taking office, Japan's new leader faces a series of back-to-back foreign policy tests, with a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Tokyo sandwiched between Asia-region summits in Malaysia and South Korea.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, left, during a meeting in Busan, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (Yonhap via AP) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, right, shakes hands with ...

On the 21st, the day Sanae Takaichi (Takachi Sanae) assumed office as Japan’s new prime minister, Wi Sung-lac, the presidential office’s National Security Adviser, boarded a flight to Tokyo. This was an unusual two-day overseas trip amid a hectic schedule preparing for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit,

During his Asia tour, Donald Trump said he is open to meeting Kim Jong Un, even suggesting recognition of North Korea as a nuclear power while focusing on key trade talks with China.

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called Korea an “important neighboring country” in her first policy speech before the National Diet on Friday, pledging to seek stronger bilateral ties through dialogue between the two nations’ leaders.

Gov. Tina Kotek and a coalition of state business and economic development leaders left Oregon on Thursday for a mission to South Korea and Japan intended to expand opportunities for trade and tourism between the state and the countries.