Ryosei Akazawa said that while the U.S. president wants to speed up negotiations, any agreement would likely take some time.

"Because of the effects of U.S. trade policy, the risk of an economic downturn is rising," said Ryosei Akazawa, the minister for economic revitalization in Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet and ...

Japan's chief trade negotiator will visit the United States this week for talks aimed at convincing U.S. President Donald ...

As Japan’s chief trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa heads to the US to kick off trade talks, he faces the risk of being forced ...

President Donald Trump said he’s joining some of his top economic advisers on Wednesday for negotiations at the White House ...

Donald Trump said there was "big progress" after directly participating in the trade negotiations with a Japanese delegation ...

When the US and Japan open trade talks on Wednesday, the world will be closely watching Ryosei Akazawa to provide a glimpse ...

Gold prices begin to slip after reaching a new record amid ongoing uncertainty over Donald Trump’s erratic tariff strategy ...

Japan failed Wednesday to secure any immediate relief from US tariffs, with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba saying after his ...

Opposite Trump was Ryosei Akazawa, a close confidant of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba who serves in the relatively junior cabinet position of economic revitalisation minister. Speaking to ...

President Donald Trump touted "big progress" in tariff talks with Japan on Wednesday, in one of the first rounds of ...