Japan's tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa is making final arrangements to visit the United States from April 30 to hold a second round of talks with his counterpart, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Japan has announced a package of emergency economic measures to mitigate the effects of tariffs imposed by the U.S. Among these measures are subsidies for fuel and energy bills, as well as the expansion of low-interest loans.

Japan has announced a series of emergency economic measures to soften the impact of tariffs imposed by the US. These measures include subsidies for fuel and energy bills and an expansion of low-interest loans.

California has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, as he warned of the threat posed by President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the tech powerhouse’s fast-growing wealth.

If California were its own country, its economy would now rank as the fourth-largest of any nation in the globe, Gov. Gavin Newsom said this week.