President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Japanese officials on Wednesday to discuss tariffs and U.S. military support.

This meeting comes after Trump’s administration recently imposed reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world, including a 24% tariff on Japanese products. However, that tariff was later suspended after Trump implemented a 125% tariff on Chinese goods and reduced the reciprocal tariffs for all other nations to 10% for a 90-day period to facilitate negotiations.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will attend Trump’s meeting with Japan.

“Japan is coming in today to negotiate Tariffs, the cost of military support, and ‘TRADE FAIRNESS.’ I will attend the meeting, along with Treasury & Commerce Secretaries,” Trump posted Wednesday on Truth Social. “Hopefully something can be worked out which is good (GREAT!) for Japan and the USA!”

Japan has also been affected by a 25% tariff on auto imports imposed by Trump, a measure the country is eager to see eliminated.

Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa said that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba “has a strong desire to help the U.S. achieve its goals in a win-win way, through investments rather than tariffs,” according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Recently, Ishiba also told Japan’s parliament that he doesn’t want to rush negotiations.

“I’m not of the view that we should make big concessions for the sake of wrapping up negotiations quickly,” he said. “In negotiating with the United States, we need to understand what’s behind Trump’s argument both in terms of the logic and the emotional elements behind his views.”

Trump has defended tariffs, claiming they have generated billions in revenue for the United States.

“The United States is taking in RECORD NUMBERS in Tariffs, with the cost of almost all products going down, including gasoline, groceries, and just about everything else,” he posted on Truth Social Wednesday. “Likewise, INFLATION is down.”

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Sunday that some 130 countries had already reached out to the administration seeking trade and tariff negotiations.