Lower U.S. Tariffs on Japan to Take Effect by Sept. 16

Lower U.S. Tariffs on Japan to Take Effect by Sept. 16
Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--U.S. tariff rates on some Japanese goods are expected to be formally lowered by Sept. 16, Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa said Tuesday. Akazawa, Japan's chief negotiator in tariff talks with the United States, announced the prospect at a press conference. "This is not the end of the negotiations," Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishib...