19 hours ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to slash the U.S. trade deficit with Japan as he welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to the White House for their first face-to-face meeting. Trump added that he isn’t taking the possibility of levying tariffs against Japan off the table, but believes the …

14 hours ago · Ishiba could remind Trump that Japan is a big supporter of the U.S. defense industry, spending billions of dollars on fighter jets and missile defense systems to try to salve any concerns from the ...

1 day ago · U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday and said the two countries would work to cut Washington's trade deficit with Tokyo amid ...

10 hours ago · President Trump held a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba where he discussed a U.S. deal with Japan's Nippon Steel and took questions about Elon Musk's DOGE getting to ...

13 hours ago · WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday, in a visit that Tokyo hopes will reaffirm the U.S.-Japan alliance amid Trump ...

10 hours ago · Japan is one of the U.S.’s closest allies and trading partners and Ishiba is eager to avoid any economic fallout from Trump’s sweeping tariff threats — which the U.S. president has vowed to ...

12 hours ago · WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to slash the U.S. trade deficit with Japan as he welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to the White House for their first face ...

1 day ago · Japan has a 4.3% tariff on all products imported and the European Union is at 5.5%. Ishiba said he wants to dissuade Trump from placing any additional tariffs on Japanese goods.

21 hours ago · Ishiba is the second foreign leader to meet with Trump in his second administration, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.. Japan hopes that a candid exchange of views between the two ...

1 day ago · The summit between Mr. Trump and Japan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, which is scheduled for Friday, is the result of months of behind-the-scenes efforts by a wide range of Japanese: not just ...