With just days to go before the 90-day pause on steep US tariffs expires on Wednesday, Japanese policymakers and the public are growing increasingly frustrated over stalled negotiations and what one observer described as the “sheer capriciousness” of President Donald Trump’s escalating trade threats.
Tokyo’s scramble to secure an agreement before next week’s deadline comes amid growing concern that the window for diplomacy is narrowing, with many US officials away for the Independence Day…



