Akazawa is visiting Washington to hold further talks with the United States, as Tokyo hopes to clinch a deal by an August 1 deadline that will avert Trump's tariff of 25% on imports from Japan.

Japans chief trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, met U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday in a bid to finalize a bilateral trade deal before a looming August 1 tariff deadline.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that he needed to examine the details of a trade deal announced by US ...

Tokyo stocks rallied with the yen Wednesday after Japan and the United States finally hammered out a trade deal to slash ...

US President Donald Trump announces a trade deal with Japan that he says will result in Japan investing $US550 billion ($842 ...

In a post on Truth Social, Trump added that Japan will open to trade, including cars, trucks, rice and certain agricultural ...

The United States has reached trade agreements with Japan and the Philippines on Tuesday (July 22), while Thailand continues ...

AGREED WITH US ON TARIFFS AGREED TO LOWER AUTO TARRIFS 15% AGREED TO CONINUE WORKIRNG CLOSELY WITH US AGREED TO BUILD ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States and Japan had struck a trade deal that includes a lower 15 percent ...

Japan and the United States have agreed on a trade deal under which tariff rates on Japanese cars and other products will be set at 15 percent, lower than those initially proposed by President Donald ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba aims to avoid a political vacuum and is ready to discuss the substantial investment deal with ...

Donald Trump said the US had agreed a “massive” trade deal with Japan that will impose 15 per cent tariffs on goods imported ...