Japan’s trade minister, Yoji Muto, met with members of the Trump administration in an effort to secure an exemption from President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs but received no such reassurances. Motu argued before Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick,

Japan’s trade minister failed to win an immediate exemption from US President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign even as he doubled down on the request in his first in-person discussions with US counterparts.

Japanese trade minister Yoji Muto met with American officials Monday in hopes that exemptions from new tariffs that President Donald Trump plans to levy against some of his nation's imports but has no

Japan's Minister of Trade, Yoji Muto, during his first personal talks with American counterparts, once again emphasized the need to exclude the country from the tariff campaign initiated by US President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump said Japan is not required to protect the US militarily and makes "a fortune" from it economically ahead of a visit by Tokyo's trade minister.

Japan's trade minister says he has not gotten assurances from U.S. officials that the key U.S. ally will be exempt from higher tariffs, some of which effect on Wednesday