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US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Japanese goods are a "national crisis", Prime Minister Shigeru ... which came into force this week. Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda said meanwhile that ...

Japan's main Nikkei 225 index fell more than three percent on Friday, adding to a 2.7-percent drop on Thursday after the S&P 500 on Wall Street dropped by the most in a day since 2020 Kazuhiro NOGI ...