ISTANBUL Japan urged the US to avoid higher tariffs ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s meeting with President Donald Trump later this month, local media reported Saturday. In Friday talks in Washington with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s economy, trade, and industry minister, urged the US not to impose higher tariffs on Japanese goods than those agreed to last year, according to Kyodo News. Speaking to reporters after a two-hour meeting, Akazawa

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