Ishiba and Trump to meet on G7 sidelines, Japan PM says

Tokyo still wants Washington to end higher tariffs on Japanese goods

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, left, will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump next week. (Source photos by Nikkei, AP)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump to meet in Canada on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit next week.

Ahead of another round of ministerial-level tariff talks in the United States, Ishiba told reporters after a 20-minute phone call with Trump that Japan's stance of urging the administration to eliminate its higher tariffs on Japanese products remains unchanged.

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