Japan seeks broad tariffs deal amid stocks rout


A person looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm in Tokyo, on Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

TOKYO: Japan seeks to pull together a wide-ranging deal to negotiate with Washington on US tariffs, as the Asian nation’s stocks plummet further amid fears of a widening trade war.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told parliament he would strongly urge President Donald Trump to drop the planned US levies on Japanese imports, first by calling the president.

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