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 ...

TOKYO: Japan is considering increasing its soybean and rice imports as a concession in trade negotiations with ...

Japan, the nation currently at the front of the queue in talks, was thrust into the position of having scheduled talks between economic revitalisation minister Ryosei Akazawa and US Treasury ...