The government issued a paper Friday attacking an annual trade barrier report released earlier this month by the United States Trade Representative that accuses Tokyo of carrying out unfair trade practices.
Brushing aside the allegations, the paper counters by accusing the U.S. of violating international trade rules by threatening countries with unilateral sanctions.
Shotaro Oshima, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Economic Affairs Bureau, handed the paper Friday to Lawrence Greenwood, minister counselor for economic affairs at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo.