President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy is less about trade and more about geopolitical blackmail. By refusing to be rushed ...

Japan's top negotiator for trade talks with the United States plans to visit Washington early next week before the US imposes a 25-percent tariff on imports from Japan starting August 1.

Japan's top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said Saturday he intends to visit the United States possibly early next week for ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, said on Saturday he planned to visit Washington next week to hold further ...

“Trump has put pressure on a seeming plethora of Asian trading partners to buy more U.S. LNG,” said Tim Daiss, at the APAC ...

Since he was sworn into office in January, Trump has threatened and implemented tariffs that dramatically change the ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, emphasizing that a beneficial trade ...

A mutually beneficial U.S.-Japan tariff agreement is still possible, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday after ...

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

This Sunday's Upper House elections in Japan are weighing on Japan's government bonds and the yen. Read more here.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled for most of the post-war period, and its partner Komeito, are forecast to lose their majority in a repeat of last year's ...

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