Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to have a "productive" conversation about tariffs after speaking Friday.

US President Donald Trump initiated a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and discussed tariffs in general terms, just as Tokyo’s top negotiator left for the US for another round of trade talks.

President Donald Trump said on Friday morning that negotiations with the EU are "going nowhere" and threatened the countries with a 50% tariff.

By John Geddie, Tim Kelly and Timothy Gardner TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. has invited officials from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to Alaska to discuss projects including a vast gas pipeline,

Still, when Trump met last week with Akie Abe, the widow of late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a dinner, he conveyed a willingness to meet the Japanese leader around mid-January ...