Japan's trade minister says he has not gotten assurances from U.S. officials that the key U.S. ally will be exempt from ...

The nominee for U.S. ambassador to Japan told senators he plans to ask Tokyo to increase its military spending.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday that other nations do not decide its defence budget after U.S.

Japan said today it was “regrettable” that the country had not been granted an exemption from US President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs of 25%. Asked if Japan was considering ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will attend a memorial service in late March on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and Gen Nakatani, the Japanese ...

Japan's trade minister said he had asked the United States not to impose trade tariffs on his country, but did not win any ...

TOKYO — Japan’s trade minister said this week that he has failed to win assurances from US. officials that the key US. ally will be exempt from tariffs, some of which take effect on Wednesday.

Muto said Monday in Washington that Japan, which contributes to the U.S. economy by heavily investing and creating jobs in the United States, “should not be subject to” 25% tariffs on steel ...