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Akazawa, Lutnick visit Tokyo Skytree

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa (L) shakes hands with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at the observation deck of Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2025. Akazawa and Lutnick, who visited Tokyo ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's Japan visit, played key roles as the two countries struck a tariff deal in early September through series of negotiations in Washington.

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Akazawa, Lutnick visit Tokyo Skytree

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa (L) shakes hands with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at the observation deck of Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2025. Akazawa and Lutnick, who visited Tokyo ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's Japan visit, played key roles as the two countries struck a tariff deal in early September through series of negotiations in Washington.

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Japan, U.S. reach trade deal

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press in Washington on July 22, 2025, after Japan and the United States struck a trade deal in negotiations.

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Japan PM comments on trade deal with U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that Washington had struck a deal with Tokyo in tariff negotiations.

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Japan PM comments on trade deal with U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that Washington had struck a deal with Tokyo in tariff negotiations.

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Japan PM comments on trade deal with U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that Washington had struck a deal with Tokyo in tariff negotiations.

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Japan PM comments on trade deal with U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that Washington had struck a deal with Tokyo in tariff negotiations.

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Japan PM comments on trade deal with U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that Washington had struck a deal with Tokyo in tariff negotiations

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Japan PM comments on trade deal with U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that Washington had struck a deal with Tokyo in tariff negotiations

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Japan PM comments on trade deal with U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that Washington had struck a deal with Tokyo in tariff negotiations.

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Japan PM comments on trade deal with U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that Washington had struck a deal with Tokyo in tariff negotiations.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at an airport near Washington on July 21, 2025, after arriving for an eighth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at an airport near Washington on July 21, 2025, after arriving for an eighth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on July 18, 2025, following tariff talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on July 18, 2025, following tariff talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 18, 2025, following talks between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 18, 2025, following talks between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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[Breaking News]Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

TOKYO, Japan, July 1 Kyodo - Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 30, 2025, following a seventh round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington. (Kyodo)

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 30, 2025, following a seventh round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 30, 2025, following a seventh round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa (R), Japan's chief tariff negotiator, leaves the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington after holding talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on June 27, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa (R), Japan's chief tariff negotiator, leaves the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington after holding talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on June 27, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 26, 2025, before leaving for Washington for a seventh round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 13, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 13, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 13, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 13, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 13, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 13, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 13, 2025, before flying to Washington for a sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 13, 2025, before flying to Washington for a sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 13, 2025, before flying to Washington for a sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 13, 2025, before flying to Washington for a sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 13, 2025, before flying to Washington for a sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 13, 2025, before flying to Washington for a sixth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations.

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Japan party leaders on tariff negotiations

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on June 12, 2025, following talks with leaders of the main political parties about the country's tariff negotiations with the United States.

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Japan party leaders on tariff negotiations

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R), head of the Liberal Democratic Party, holds talks on tariff negotiations with the United States at the parliament in Tokyo on June 12, 2025, with Tetsuo Saito (far R), leader of the ruling coalition partner Komeito, and opposition leaders -- (from 3rd from R) Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Seiji Maehara of the Japan Innovation Party, Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People, Tomoko Tamura of the Japanese Communist Party and Taro Yamamoto of the Reiwa Shinsengumi party.

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Japan party leaders on tariff negotiations

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on June 12, 2025, following talks with leaders of the main political parties about the country's tariff negotiations with the United States.

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Japan party leaders on tariff negotiations

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at his office in Tokyo on June 12, 2025, following talks with leaders of the main political parties about the country's tariff negotiations with the United States.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japan's chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa speaks to reporters upon arriving at Haneda airport in Tokyo on June 8, 2025, following the fifth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the fifth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 6, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the fifth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 6, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the fifth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 6, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the fifth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 6, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa (R) leaves the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington after meeting U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the fifth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations on June 5, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa (front) leaves the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington after meeting U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for the fifth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations on June 5, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press ahead of a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the fifth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 5, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press ahead of a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the fifth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 5, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa meets the press ahead of a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the fifth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations in Washington on June 5, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa (2nd from L), Japan's chief tariff negotiator, is pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 5, 2025, before leaving for the United States for a fifth round of Japan-U.S. ministerial tariff talks in Washington.