The August 1 deadline for U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariff on Japanese imports to take effect is closing in.

The Trump administration is more concerned with the quality of trade agreements than their timing, U.S. Treasury Secretary ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, said on Saturday he planned to visit Washington next week to ...

Japan’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said he’s aiming to visit Washington next week to continue efforts to win tariff ...

TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) - Japan's top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa held talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ...

TOKYO -- As Japan readies for an eighth round of tariff negotiations with the U.S., Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government is on shaky ground after his ruling coalition lost its majority in Sunday ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa will visit Washington from Monday for an eighth round of trade talks, with the ...

Japan's chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, said Monday that he will aim for some kind of trade agreement with the ...

The Japanese Yen (JPY) is one of the world’s most traded currencies. Its value is broadly determined by the performance of the Japanese economy, but more specifically by the Bank of Japan’s policy, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition failed to secure a majority in the upper house elections, winning only 47 seats. This defeat leaves Ishiba's government in the minority and prompts ...

This means that Ishiba no longer has easy control over the upper or lower houses of parliament; last October, the LDP lost ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba discussed the potential for a beneficial ...