Asian shares are higher, buoyed by optimism that the U.S.-Japan tariff agreement will be followed by more trade deals

Japan led Asian markets higher, with automakers outperforming, after a trade agreement between the U.S. and Japan eased economic uncertainty surrounding tariffs. President Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the U.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Japan have struck a deal that will lower the hefty tariffs Trump had threatened to impose on goods from its Asian ally while extracting commitments for Japan to invest $550 billion in the U.