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US, Japanese officials to start trade consultations, Treasury says; Japan said skeptical
Top U.S. and Japanese officials agreed to start immediate working-level consultations after "frank and constructive" trade ...
Japan prepared to use its role as America’s largest creditor as leverage in Trump trade talks
No country holds more provable Treasury debt than Japan with roughly $1.1 trillion, equivalent to a quarter of its entire ...
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US trade deal hinges on review of auto tariffs: Japan negotiator
TOKYO -- Japan will not be able to reach an agreement with the U.S. on tariff negotiations without a reassessment of duties ...
Japan's $1T U.S. Treasury holdings could be a bargaining chip in trade talks
Japan is the largest foreign owner of U.S. Treasuries, with holdings worth nearly $1.13T as of February, according to ...
Another American ally just issued an economic warning because of the trade war
Another day, another piece of evidence that President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with friends and foes is hurting the global economy. Today: Japan’s central bank cut its economic growth ...
Japan’s finance minister calls US Treasury holdings ‘a card’ in tariff talks with Trump
Japan’s finance minister says the nation’s massive holdings of U.S. Treasurys can be “a card on the table” in negotiations ...
Treasury yields show little change as Japan finance minister threatens to use holdings as card in trade talks
Bond yields were little changed ahead of the jobs report. But one key development came as Japan's finance minister, Katsunobu Kato, said it could use its more than $1 trillion of Treasury holdings in ...
Japan lawmakers warn US tariffs threaten security, not just economic ties, as China looms
Donald Trump's policy called a national security challenge as trade negotiations continue between Tokyo and Washington ...