The annual “2+2” talks, which were scheduled to take place in Washington on July 1, were expected to bring together U.S.

Tokyo scrapped the meeting after the US asked Japan to boost defence spending to 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product.

Japan and other U.S. allies have been engaged in difficult trade talks with the U.S. because of Trump's tariffs.

The meeting was cancelled after the US asked Japan to boost defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP. Read more at ...

Japan has cancelled an annual security meeting with the US after the Donald Trump administration told the country it had to ...

WASHINGTON >> Japan has canceled a regular high-level meeting with its key ally the United States after the Trump ...

The FT said the higher spending demand was made in recent weeks by Elbridge Colby, the third-most senior Pentagon official, ...

US pressure on other countries to spend more on defence appears to have led to Japan pulling out of a high-level meeting with ...

Japan canceled a high-level meeting with the U.S. following a demand to increase its defense spending to 3.5% of GDP. This ...

Japan has called off a key meeting with the United States. This decision followed a demand from Washington for Tokyo to ...

Japan has canceled a high-level security meeting with the United States after the Trump administration increased pressure for ...

Japan has canceled a high-level defense meeting with the United States following U.S. demands to increase its defense ...