Japan's top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa held talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on U.S. tariffs on Thursday, as Tokyo races to avert a 25% levy that will be imposed unless a deal is ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday but will not discuss tariffs ...

The outcome risks jolting investor confidence in the world’s fourth-largest economy and complicating tariff talks with the US ...

Markets may be mispricing tariff risks. Find out why record customs revenue, low volatility, and past patterns make a retreat ...

This comes after the US President threatened a 25 per cent tariff on goods from Japan, effective from August. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO] Japan’s key price measure cooled a tad more than expected while remaining well above the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) target, ...

Finance ministers and central-bank governors from the Group of 20 economies have ended their first day of talks in South ...

Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...

President Trump on Wednesday said he would be sending letters to over 150 countries as he plans a barrage of duties to take ...

Polling suggests the LDP is on the cusp of an electoral drawdown. Ishiba’s approval rating is sub-21% — deep into bear market territory. And even if he tries to hold on by citing “ongoing tariff talks ...

RBA rate cut fears and slowing Aussie jobs data weigh on AUD/USD, with China’s trade outlook and Fed policy in sharp market ...

India and the US are key trade partners, but a formal trade deal is still missing. As talks progress, the big question is: ...