One of America’s closest allies recently raised eyebrows for threatening to fire the ultimate financial weapon against Washington in trade talks: Dumping US debt.

Japan has no plans to threaten to sell its $1 trillion-plus holdings of U.S. Treasuries in trade talks with Washington, its ...

While Japan won't walk away from its alliance with the United States, the linchpin of the Asian country's diplomacy and ...

No country holds more provable Treasury debt than Japan with roughly $1.1 trillion, equivalent to a quarter of its entire ...

Japan's huge $1 trillion-plus in U.S. Treasury holdings are among the tools available for Tokyo to use in trade negotiations ...

Japan and China have accused each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands, ...

President Trump’s new import taxes are based not on specific goods like cars or steel, but on how he thinks other countries ...

Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said Sunday that Japan is not thinking of using its holdings of U.S. Treasurys as a ...

During the meeting, Japan explained an outline of measures it would take to reduce its huge trade surplus with the U.S. such ...

The U.S. agriculture secretary indicated the possibility of asking for market-opening measures for agricultural products.

Japanese investors raised their foreign stock holdings for a sixth straight week as their sustained appetite for overseas ...

Japan had long maintained deep economic ties with both China and the United States. Recent trade tensions may challenge that ...