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Nikkei Asia
02-07-2025
- Automotive
- Nikkei Asia
'Tough' Japan under pressure as Trump threatens higher tariff
Japan's insistence that sectoral tariffs on automobiles and other sectors be abolished has complicated negotiations. © Kyodo 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.
Nikkei Asia
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Japan avoids declaring support for US strike on Iran
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has refrained from saying whether he supports the U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. © Kyodo RYO NAKAMURA, RIEKO MIKI and JUNNOSUKE KOBARA TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has stopped short of expressing outright support for the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear program, as Tokyo finds itself treading a narrow line over its commitment to the rule of law. Asked by reporters on Monday whether he supported the U.S. bombing of Iran, Ishiba said: "It is difficult for Japan to make a definitive legal evaluation at this point."
