Japanese automakers breathed a sigh of relief after U.S. President Donald Trump finalized a trade agreement last week.

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Despite the trade deal with the United States slashing the tariff rate for Japan to 15 percent, the so-called reciprocal ...

But the global economic fallout has begun to take its toll on Japan’s cash-rich banks as well as other sectors of Japanese industry. Japan’s automakers have already been hard-hit.

By Michael Schiffer The following is a contribution to the Mainichi Shimbun from Michael Schiffer, who served as assistant ...