TOKYO -- Japan's chief negotiator with the U.S. on tariffs has canceled a visit to Washington over plans to have a presidential order include stepped-up Japanese purchases of American rice, Nikkei has learned.
International relations
Japan's Akazawa cancels trip over planned White House order to buy US rice
Tokyo protests that president can't tell Japanese government agencies what to do
A farmer drives a tractor at a rice farm in Joetsu, Niigata prefecture, Japan, June 19, 2025. The U.S. told Japan that it would include greater Japanese purchases of U.S. rice in an executive order on tariffs. © Reuters
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