U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday and said the two countries would work to cut Washington's trade deficit with Tokyo amid escalating trade tensions threatening to rupture the global economy.

Another sensitive issue Ishiba was expected to address in the leaders’ private talkswas Japan’s Nippon Steel’s efforts to win approval for a $14.1 billion acquisition of the

President Donald Trump said that the US and Japan are discussing a pipeline project in Alaska after meeting with the country’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba.

A taxiing Japan Airlines plane struck a parked Delta Air Lines plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday, almost slicing off its tail.

The right wing of a Japan Airlines plane struck the tail of a Delta Airlines plane Wednesday morning on the runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, officials said.