When car maker Mazda sneezes, everyone catches a cold, say people in its hometown of Hiroshima in western Japan, but these days, auto parts maker Yuji Yamaguchi fears a deep chill is on the way.

Exports fell for a second straight month in June, fueling fears that U.S. tariffs will halt Japan’s economic recovery and complicate the central bank’s policy plans.

Unlike the European Union, the Japanese government has made no indication it plans to impose any kind of reciprocal tariff on the U.S.

Japan's exports fell for a second straight month in June, data showed on Thursday, underscoring the mounting strain that sweeping U.S. tariffs are placing on the country's fragile economy. Japan failed to clinch a deal with the U.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's government said its top trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, held a 45-minute phone call with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on U.S. tariffs on Thursday.

Tak Niinami, Chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings says the Ishiba administration is unable to make a bold decision to open Japan for agriculture products from the U.S. ahead of the upper house elections.

President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other countries.

Markets may be mispricing tariff risks. Find out why record customs revenue, low volatility, and past patterns make a retreat less likely this time.

More than two-thirds of Japanese firms believe the government should compile an extra budget later this year to mitigate the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs and rising prices, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday.