Here's what's on Trump's agenda in Japan

President Trump arrived in Japan on Monday, part of the second leg on his multi-day trip across Asia. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports from Tokyo.

• Oct 27
• 02:55

Trump to meet with Japan's new prime minister

President Trump is on Day 3 of his trip to Asia with plans to meet with Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports from Tokyo.

• Oct 27
• 03:32

Bears kill 1 person, injure 4 in Japan in record year for deadly attacks

Bears have been increasingly encroaching into Japan's towns due to factors ranging from a declining human population to climate change.

• Oct 24

Japan's first female prime minister plays heavy metal on drums to let off steam

Sanae Takaichi is the first woman chosen to serve as Japan's prime minister. She favors a strong military, a strong economy — and a strong drum riff.

• Oct 21

Ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's 1st female prime minister

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative politician Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister, just days before a scheduled visit by President Trump.

• Oct 21

Japan has its first female prime minister

Japan's parliament elected the country's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday morning. CBS News foreign correspondent Anna Coren has more details.

• Oct 21
• 03:51

London hosts major sumo wrestling tournament

A major sumo wrestling tournament was held outside of Japan this weekend for only the second time ever. Ramy Inocencio reports from London's Royal Albert Hall.

• Oct 19
• 02:20

Sumo wrestling's highest competition held outside Japan for 2nd time ever

The Grand Sumo Tournament is rumbling London's iconic Royal Albert Hall in a rare foreign foray for Japan's centuries-old sport.

• Oct 18

Fatal bear attacks in Japan hit record high; another possible victim missing

Experts say warmer weather is also affecting the hibernation patterns of bears, which can weigh 1,100 pounds and outrun a human.

• Oct 16

Girl's remains identified 14 years after massive tsunami in Japan

The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the National Police Agency.

• Oct 10

Bear injures 2 in Japanese grocery store, man killed in separate attack

As Japan faces rising human-bear encounters, an animal trapped in a grocery store injured two men, while a separate reported mauling proved fatal.

• Oct 8

Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan's first-ever female prime minister

Japan is set to get its first female prime minister, and conservative Sanae Takaichi will have complex political juggling to do from day-1 to keep the job.

• Oct 6

Japan may have first female prime minister

Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan's first female prime minister after the country's ruling party chose the former economic security minister. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has more details.

• Oct 6
• 02:38

Japan's ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely first female PM

An admirer of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Sanae Takaichi is a protege of the ultra-conservative vision of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

• Oct 4

Remains of U.S. sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack identified

U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Edward D. Bowden was aboard the USS California when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, military officials said.

• Oct 2

Push for U.S. to curb global nuclear supply

A bipartisan group of former senior government officials and national security experts is pushing the U.S. to revitalize its strategy for preventing more countries from acquiring nuclear weapons. Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, a co-author of the report, joins "The Takeout" to break down the findings.

• Sep 23
• 05:22

8/17/2025: The Promise; The Land of Declining Sons

First, a report on the identification of 9/11 victims' remains. Then, a look at Japan’s population crisis.

• Aug 17
• 41:42

Sailor killed on the day WWII officially ended is accounted for

U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign Eugene E. Mandeberg, 23, of Detroit, was a member of Fighting Squadron 88 during World War II.

• Sep 16

Japan's prime minister to step down less than a year after taking office

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office in October.

• Sep 7

Japanese internment camp survivor reflects on the painful history of Heart Mountain

Sam Mihara was 9 years old when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Eight months later, the government uprooted his family from San Francisco and forced them to move into prison barracks at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in rural Wyoming.

• Sep 4

Man shares why his internment camp story endures

Few people willingly return to their old prison, but 92-year-old Sam Mihara did. He doesn't want people to forget what happened at Heart Mountain, a Japanese internment camp in Wyoming. Ian Lee reports.

• Sep 4
• 02:38

Woman duped by romance scammer posing as astronaut in distress

The scammer told the woman he was "in space on a spaceship right now" but was "under attack and in need of oxygen," an official said.

• Sep 2

"De minimis" tax exemption expires

A tax exemption that allowed low-value packages to enter the U.S. duty-free has ended. In June, President Trump signed an executive order eliminating the so-called "de minimis" exemption. Elena Spatoulas Patel, co-director at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.

• Aug 29
• 03:50

Japanese man beats his own record as oldest person to summit Mount Fuji

Kokichi Akuzawa has beaten his own record as the oldest person to climb Japan's Mount Fuji, according to Guinness World Records​.

• Aug 29

Bones found at site in Japan where forced laborers died in WWII

In February 1942, part of the ceiling of a mine shaft collapsed, flooding the mine and killing the 183 workers inside.

• Aug 27

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