'Tough' Japan under pressure as Trump threatens higher tariff
RYOHEI YASOSHIMA and RIEKO MIKI
WASHINGTON/TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump's talk of imposing a tax as high as 35% on Japanese goods has put Japan in damage control mode and may force it to back down from its call to eliminate all additional tariffs.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was pressed about his response to Trump's hard line on Wednesday by Constitutional Democratic Party leader Yoshihiko Noda at a party leaders' debate hosted by the Japan National Press Club.
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