Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba's bid to get U.S. President Donald Trump to relax tariffs imperiling his country's economy and his political future fell flat this week, underlining the gulf between the allies as more levies are set to kick in.

TOKYO: Japan and the United States held another round of trade talks in Washington as officials try to reach an agreement ahead of a Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada and a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba failed to reach an agreement on a trade package on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit, an outcome that leaves the Asian nation inching closer to a possible recession as the pain of US tariffs hits its economy.