Japan decided Saturday to continue to press the United States to review its extra tariffs on Japanese automobiles during bilateral talks aimed at scrapping the Trump administration’s tariff measures.

Washington has excluded automobiles and other key items from the scope of the talks. In response, Tokyo has insisted that it will make no concessions as it presses for a complete overhaul of each of the duties imposed Saturday, including those on auto parts.

“There is still a wide gulf between [Japan’s and the United States’] positions, and no common ground has emerged,” Ishiba told reporters after the meeting.

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    6 hours ago

    Always liked Japan. Also a very beautiful country, with very humble and intelligent people.

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      But according to everyone who has been to Japan, they have a weird way to be racist. Like people in Mexico… "No somos racistas!..but then “negro negrito cara de mi…” And “guero guerejo patas de conejo!” And in general there’s quite a bit of open racism that nobody questions. In Japan, you can’t go into certain restaurants or bath houses. And Japanese people tend to not marry outside of their nationality. Allegedly.

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        Hell, Hawaii is a hotbed of racism.

        And if you read on their history and what the US did to them, I kinda get why they may not like whitey so much.

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        I guess. Doesnt bother me. Its their country, they can have the culture they want. I think all countries have been quite racist at some point. With time, it decreases and different people become more accepted.

        Japan is an Island and probably not too open to immigration, so that explains the racism. We have all been there at some point as countries.