CHICAGO (CBS) -- Governor Bruce Rauner is meeting with newly appointed Japan Ambassador to the U.S., Shinsuke Sugiyama. Rauner said Illinois is eager to expand its job-creating partnership with Japan ...

CHICAGO, June 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Building on the momentum of previous delegations to Japan from the State of Illinois led by Governor J.B. Pritzker in October 2024 and the City of Chicago led ...

House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch said they are learning about the Japanese economy, details about the new prime minister, and the significance of the U.S.-Japanese alliance. Crews respond to field ...

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois-- Governor Bruce Rauner (R-Illinois) set off on an 8-day trip to Japan and China Saturday. Nearly three years into his administration, and this is Rauner's first international ...

Back home in Japan the economic news is bleak. Bankruptcies and layoffs are up, consumer confidence is ebbing and manufacturing profits are down. But it’s an entirely different story for Japanese ...

Like many American executives, Jean Monroe wasn`t sure what to expect when she decided to test the sometimes icy waters of the Japanese marketplace. But seven months after taking the plunge, she and ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --In the wake of the nuclear troubles in Japan, Illinois' two U.S. senators said the key is to focus on common sense safety for nuclear facilities in the state. As CBS 2's Susanna Song ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Gov. JB Pritzker and about two dozen corporate and ...

The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Bob Asmussen, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Apr. 10—CHAMPAIGN — My grasp of Japanese is limited to a couple phrases: "Let's go" and "my knee hurts." ...

CLINTON — The fear fallout from the nuclear power station disaster in Japan was quick to reach Central Illinois. Exelon Generation Co., which runs Clinton Power Station, has been bombarded with media ...