Japan trade negotiator Akazawa said to be planning another trip to Washington this week

After the visit last week, Akazawa said that they made "progress" but did not disclose what that entailed. That before reaffirming that Japan's stance of wanting tariffs to be removed hasn't changed whatsoever. It seems like we're still not finding any breakthroughs just yet. Tick tock, tick tock. 31 days to go.