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

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

"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 ...

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

Japan does not manipulate the currency market to weaken the yen, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato told parliament on Friday, ...

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

The president put Japan’s 24% across-the-board tariff on hold, but a 10% baseline tariff and a 25% tariff on cars, auto parts ...

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

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

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 ...

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

President Donald Trump said there was "big progress" when he made the surprise move on Wednesday to negotiate directly with ...