Crunch time for Japan as tariffs, elections loom

Crunch time for Japan as tariffs, elections loom

Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Crunch time for Japan as tariffs, elections loom Scott Foster analyzes Japan’s precarious economic and political position ahead of its July Upper House election as the country grapples with domestic inflation, a weakening yen, and […] The post Crunch time for Japan as tariffs, elections loom appeared first on Asia Times.

The Japanese government expressed deep concern about tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, noting that they could negatively affect Japanese investments in the United States and destabilize international financial markets. Japan expressed its dissatisfaction with the imposition of tariffs by the United States. Japanese finance minister Katsunobu Kato called the use of tariffs to resolve trade imbalances “inappropriate” and expressed conce…