Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he held telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed to hold “productive” discussion at an upcoming tariff talks between the two s

The U.S. is charging a 25% tariff on imports of autos, a mainstay of Japan’s trade with the U.S. and a key driver of growth for the economy. Follow along for live updates.

TOKYO: Japan's chief trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa has indicated his aim to resolve tariff talks in time for a June meeting between US President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba following Trump's surprise pivot to allow a partnership between two of the countries' steelmakers.

Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs may be able to survive a legal challenge, thanks in part to a Japanese zipper company that sued the Nixon administration 50 years ago.

Four decades ago, Hiroko Suzuki's father threaded the needle of a U.S. trade war by pushing the family auto-parts business into newer niche products. Now, tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are so sweeping they threaten her own attempt to diversify the 78-year-old company into medical devices.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday that he held telephone talks with US President Donald Trump and agreed to hold “productive" discussions at an upcoming tariff talks between the two sides.

Donald Trump claimed on Friday that a “planned partnership” between Nippon Steel and US Steel would deliver “at least 70,000 jobs” to American workers and inject $14 billion into the economy. But that figure overshoots by a long shot — more than five times the number of employees US Steel currently has in the United

Japan's exports to the United States, its largest single trading partner, fell nearly 2% in April as tariff hikes imposed by President Donald Trump hit home.

The twin threats, delivered via social media, roiled global markets after weeks of de-escalation had provided some reprieve.