Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged to take thorough measures to protect local jobs from the Trump administration’s 25% tariff on US car imports, which he said will have a “very big” impact on the nation’s economy.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday Tokyo will put "all options on the table" in dealing with Washington's announcement to impose a 25 percent tariff on automobile imports.

We will think about the most effective means to make US understand that this will not be of benefit to it,’ says Ishiba - Anadolu Ajansı