Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday instructed his close aide Ryosei Akazawa to conduct upcoming tariff negotiations with the United States for the benefit of both nations, as he pledged a whole-of-Japan effort to address a "national crisis."Ishiba said the government should combine resources across ministries and agencies to urge the United States, Japan's closest ally, to retract a spate of tariff measures implemented by President Donald Trump. The effort should be focused on protecting Japan's export-driven economy from the expected fallout.Economic revitalization minister Akazawa, w…READ FULL ARTICLE
