Press Releases

On May 1, commencing at 4:40 p.m. (local time, on May 2, 5:40 a.m. Japan time), for approximately 130 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.