Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said talks on tariffs between his close ally and U.S. President Donald Trump were “frank and constructive,” but he declined to comment on security issues raised by the ...

Japan and the U.S. on Friday agreed to hold another round of trade talks ahead of the G-7 summit next month, Japan's top ...

On May 14, 2026, for approximately 30 minutes from 11:00 a.m., Mr. Akazawa Ryosei, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, held a meeting with Mr. Ben Horowitz (co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz), ...

A trade deal reached by Japan and the United States after months of talks has turned out to be exceedingly fragile, as it emerged that the two countries view the handshake agreement very differently.

From Tuesday, May 5, to Friday, May 8, 2026, Mr. Akazawa Ryosei, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, visited the French Republic and the Kingdom of Belgium. He attended the G7 Trade Ministers’ ...

TOKYO, May 23 (Reuters) - Japan's Trade Minister Ryosei ⁠Akazawa ⁠said on Saturday there ⁠were no formal bilateral talks with ...

TOKYO -- Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa met with newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass on April 23 at the Cabinet Office, and offered him a bottle of premium amber joy ...

Japan’s chief trade negotiator flew to Washington on Wednesday for his second round of tariff talks with the United States, emphasizing that Japan would protect its national interests while also ...

Japan's Industry Minister Akazawa Ryosei has inspected a nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture that recently restarted commercial operation for the first time since it was taken offline after the 2011 ...

The surge in energy prices this week is not yet enough to move European Central Bank policy from what is currently a "good place" and the bank can in any case tolerate a small ...

Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister Akazawa Ryosei has held a first round of trade negotiations with his US counterparts. The meeting took place on Wednesday in Washington. Akazawa, who heads the ...