Italy's PM Meloni arrives in Japan, meanwhile Canada's PM visits Beijing

You know who didn’t reject Taiwanese flight requests?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/taiwan-leader-s-last-minute-plea-to-fly-via-europe-was-rejected

Japan is mentioned only once as a nation in decline, but of course they still do lots of trade with China

In 2025, the leaders of Australia, France, Georgia, New Zealand, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, and the European Union all traveled to China. In January, the pace of visits accelerated, with the leaders of Finland, Ireland, South Korea, and the United Kingdom arriving in quick succession, followed in February by Uruguay’s president and Germany’s chancellor. In April, Spain’s prime minister cemented the pattern with his fourth visit in four years

This wasn’t a very intelligent thread to start, but it has still managed to age poorly

More bad news for auto workers there, seems Chinese E cars is prefered?

I already posted this story

Did you not bother to read your link, or is it too advanced for you? Maybe ask AI for a video version with Japanese?

The Canada plant shelving doesn’t exist in isolation. It’s the latest in a series of moves that have effectively dismantled Honda’s EV strategy over the past three months.

Maybe can make a AI one ha!

Supporting your country’s food chain with tea


along with some Japanese at the nearby hyper (long before the war)