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Trump suggests trade battle with Japan, Wall Street Journal column says
U.S. President Donald Trump suggests during a newspaper interview that he will take on Japan next in his fight to cut trade deficits with his nation’s trading partners.
Japan and China agree to bolster economic cooperation amid concerns over trade war with U.S.
The finance ministers of Japan and China agreed Friday to bolster economic cooperation, with concern growing that an escalating trade war waged by U.S. President Donald Trump will continue to rattle global financial markets. Finance Minister Taro Aso said the economies of both countries are ...
China and Japan slowly learning to cooperate in the age of Trump
Finance Minister Taro Aso will travel to Beijing later this week for a meeting with Chinese counterpart Liu Kun that is likely to demonstrate the improving relationship between the world's second- and third-largest economies. Aso, 77, who also serves as deputy prime minister, and Liu ...
Japanese and Chinese finance chiefs to hold talks next week on reinforcing financial ties
The finance ministers of Japan and China will meet on Aug. 31 in Beijing to discuss strengthening financial cooperation, the Finance Ministry said Friday. Finance Minister Taro Aso and his Chinese counterpart Liu Kun are expected to take part in the seventh round of the ...
Japan's Finance Ministry names new leadership, ending monthslong vacuum following scandals
The Finance Ministry on Friday named its new top bureaucrat and tax collecting chief, resolving a leadership vacuum that had dragged on for months after a string of resignations over scandals. Shigeaki Okamoto, 57, was promoted to vice finance minister, a position that had been ...
Finance Minister Taro Aso has asked the United States to reconsider its plan to impose additional tariffs on automobile and auto parts imports. Aso made the request during talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Buenos Aires on Sunday, held on the sidelines of ...
G20 finance chiefs share concerns over escalating trade friction
Group of 20 finance leaders share their concerns over escalating global trade friction stemming from U.S. protectionist measures.
Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso raised eyebrows Sunday by suggesting that the Liberal Democratic Party is popular with young voters because they are less inclined to read newspapers than older Japanese. The outspoken 77-year-old boasted that the LDP enjoyed strong support in last year's general ...
Finance Ministry punishes Nobuhisa Sagawa and 19 other officials over Moritomo document tampering
Finance Minister Taro Aso will also voluntarily return one year of his Cabinet salary.
Japan may file WTO challenge against U.S. steel, aluminum tariffs: Aso
With Canada filing and the European Union close behind, Finance Minister Taro Aso hints Japan may join their march to the World Trade Organization.
Aso appears to mock Kim Jong Un's official plane ahead of planned U.S.-North Korea summit
Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso on Wednesday commented on the planned summit between Washington and Pyongyang with a comment appearing to ridicule an aged airplane used by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "I hope that awful-looking airplane will safely fly to Singapore because it ...
Taro Aso makes first public apology over Finance Ministry sexual harassment scandal
Finance Minister Taro Aso has made his first public apology over alleged sexual harassment by former Vice Finance Minister Junichi Fukuda. At a Lower House Budget Committee session Monday, Aso said that he "would like to offer an apology" to the victim, a female reporter ...
