Shigeru Ishiba: “We deeply regret that the US government has imposed additional tariffs and announced plans to raise tariff rates.”

We have exerted all our efforts to protect our national interests.

I am strongly concerned that U.S. tariffs would discourage investment from Japan.

I look forward to working with President Trump, whom I respect immensely, to usher in a new golden age of Japan-U.S. relations.

[Japan] determines its own defense spending, not at the direction of any other country.