Japanese trade minister Yoji Muto met with American officials Monday in hopes that exemptions from new tariffs that President ...

The country’s trade minister stressed its role as a top investor and employer in the United States in a bid to avoid being ...

Japan’s trade minister said this week that he has failed to win assurances from U.S. officials that the key U.S. ally will be ...

The minister, Yoji Muto, is expected to negotiate with U.S. officials ahead of global tariffs that could damage Japanese ...

Japan’s trade minister doubled down on a request for Japan to be excluded from President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign in ...

Members of the Trump administration would not guarantee to Japan's trade minister Yoji Muto that Japan would be exempt from its 25% tariffs.

Japan Trade Minister Yoji Muto said early Tuesday that he will continue discussing tariffs with the United States. However, ...

Asian stocks have had a mixed start to the week as uncertainty over what President Donald Trump will do with tariffs persists ...

Japan's trade minister said he had asked the United States not to impose trade tariffs on his country, but did not win any ...

Japanese Trade Minister Yoji Muto said that negotiations with U.S. officials did not lead to securing exemptions from tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI ...

Yoji Muto was in Washington for last ditch negotiations over the tariffs on a range of Japanese exports including cars, steel ...