With Donald Trump targeting a trimming of the US’ deficit in its trade with Japan, tariffs against Tokyo cannot be discounted, analysts say.

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Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, as regional markets continued to watch President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation. Benchmarks rose in Wednesday morning trading in Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

When President Donald Trump sat down to lunch with his Japanese counterpart this month, talk turned quickly to how Tokyo could help realise a decades-old proposal to unlock gas in Alaska and ship it to U.

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TOKYO >> Almost nine out of 10 Japanese companies expect President Donald Trump’s policies to negatively affect business, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday, the clearest sign yet of mounting worry in the United States’ top foreign direct investor.

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru (center) walks with U.S. President Donald Trump (right) during a visit to the White House, Feb. 7, 2025. Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s first meeting with U.

Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, as regional markets continued to watch President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation. Benchmarks rose in Wednesday afternoon trading in Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul and Hong Kong,

Trump and his energy tsar Doug Burgum framed the venture as a way for Japan to replace Middle East energy shipments and address its trade imbalance with the U.S., according to two officials briefed on the closed-door talks.

With President Donald Trump's return to power, Japan is grappling with what it will mean for America's Pacific ally.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House last week provided reassurance for Tokyo about its alliance with Washington. But analysts say it did the opposite for Beijing,

Japan has become America’s most crucial Asian ally against Beijing; Washington creating further headache for the Ishiba administration could cost the U.S. much more than what reducing the trade