How the U.S. and Japan Got Stuck on Cars and Rice

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By River Akira Davis, Nailah Morgan, Christina Shaman, June Kim, Juntaro Ishikawa and Karen Hanley•July 19, 2025

The Trump administration has threatened Japan with 25 percent tariffs. River Akira Davis, our Tokyo correspondent, explains how automobiles and rice have become the two major sticking points in the negotiations.