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Trade war

Trump eyes Japan as next Asian target in trade war

Yen rises against dollar as another source of global uncertainty shakes investors

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe often called U.S. President Donald Trump as a good friend.   © Reuters

Japan may be the next target of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war.

In a call to James Freeman, assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page, Trump seemed to be still bothered by the terms of U.S. trade with Japan.

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