TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday that “icebreakers, including those for the Northern Sea Route, will be key” to advancing tariff negotiations with the U.S. as the two countries seek cooperation in shipbuilding.
Ishiba spoke to reporters after visiting a Maritime Self-Defense Force base and a facility of major shipbuilder Japan Marine United, both in the Kyoto prefecture city of Maizuru.
