The Trump administration is more concerned with the quality of trade agreements than their timing, U.S. Treasury Secretary ...

The August 1 deadline for U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariff on Japanese imports to take effect is closing in.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising prices and high ...

Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a majority in the 248-seat upper house in Sunday’s vote.

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

Japan’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said he’s aiming to visit Washington next week to continue efforts to win tariff ...

TOKYO -- As Japan readies for an eighth round of tariff negotiations with the U.S., Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government is on shaky ground after his ruling coalition lost its majority in Sunday ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa will visit Washington from Monday for an eighth round of trade talks, with the ...

Japan's chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, said Monday that he will aim for some kind of trade agreement with the ...

Also weighing on investors' minds has been worries about the Federal Reserve's independence, given Trump has railed ...

The US treasury chief says the Trump administration prioritises the quality of trade agreements over meeting specific timing.

This means that Ishiba no longer has easy control over the upper or lower houses of parliament; last October, the LDP lost ...