MILAN -- Japan has no intention of using the possibility of selling its U.S. government debt holdings for advantage in trade talks with Washington, Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said ...

Japan has no plans to threaten to sell its US$1 trillion-plus holdings of US Treasuries in trade talks with Washington, its finance minister said on Sunday, clarifying earlier remarks that the ...

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato holds a press conference following a meeting of finance chiefs from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Japan, China and South Korea in Milan ...

Japan and China have accused each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands, which Beijing also claims. The latest territorial flap came as both ...

The alleged airspace violation took place near the disputed Senkaku islands in Japan. Tokyo said it has registered a "strong protest" with China for what it called an "intrusion." Japan has ...

Japan and China have accused each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands, which Beijing also claims FILE - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C ...

Japan could use its $1 trillion-plus holdings of U.S. Treasuries as a card in trade talks with Washington, its finance minister said on Friday, raising explicitly for the first time its leverage as a ...

No country holds more provable Treasury debt than Japan with roughly $1.1 trillion, equivalent to a quarter of its entire economy. Since dumping U.S. sovereign bonds would severely hurt both Japan ...

Japan and the EU lauded progress on trade talks with the US, but warned Washington of consequences if deals were not reached soon. Tokyo said negotiations over lowering tariffs could conclude in ...