TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left New York relieved that he managed to dodge a 25% tariff on automobiles. But the arrangement with U.S. President Donald Trump could come with an expensive price tag, in the form of procuring more American-made military equipment.
Abe told Trump during a summit in New York that adopting high-grade equipment, including from the U.S., is key to strengthening Japan's defense capabilities, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters here on Friday.
