As Tokyo moves to ramp up its defence spending and increase military personnel amid concern over China, users on Chinese social media mocked Japan's efforts to attract recruits, citing a video purportedly showing women military pilots dancing.

The companies said the transport vehicle would launch from an offshore site and could link any two points within an hour.

The governor of Akita prefecture pleaded for help after a bear killed one person and injured three other people amid a record number of attacks across the country this year.

"I know that I could go everywhere I wanted to in Japan and never see another scout," Ted Heid, the longtime Mariners Pacific Rim scout who helped the team land Ichiro Suzuki, told MLB.com recently. "

The Japanese yen gained on Tuesday, rebounding from seven consecutive days of losses against the U.S. dollar, after comments from a Japanese minister and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent eased some concerns about more expansionary fiscal and monetary policy in the country.

Trump told U.S. soldiers to buy the Japanese cars following news that Toyota is set to invest $10 billion to build manufacturing plants in America

Watch live coverage as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth holds a joint press conference with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo.

Toyota said it would sell some of its U.S.-made cars in Japan, one of a number of announcements by companies responding to U.S. pressure over trade imbalances.