Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he will focus on his country’s safety and national interests over meeting the US government’s demands in recent trade talks.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday Tokyo has no plan to terminate a trade deal struck with the U.S. in 2019, but will keep voicing "grave concern" over inconsistency between the deal and President Donald Trump's latest automobile tariffs.

TOKYO: Japan won't just keep conceding to US demands to reach a deal over tariffs, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said, in some of his most combative remarks since President Donald Trump launched a push for more access to Tokyo's sensitive auto and agricultural sectors as part of his global trade war.