Press Releases
Japan-U.S. Consultation on U.S. Tariff Measures
April 17, 2025
On April 16, commencing at 5:30 p.m. (local time, on April 17, 6:30 a.m. Japan time), for approximately 75 minutes, H.E. AKAZAWA Ryosei, Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization of Japan, visiting Washington D.C., United States, held a Japan-U.S. Consultation on U.S. Tariff Measures with the Honorable Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury of the U.S., the Honorable Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce of the U.S., and the Honorable Ambassador Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative. The overview is stated in the attached Cabinet Secretariat press release.