KANANASKIS, Alberta (Reuters) -Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the Group of Seven meeting in Canada on Monday as Tokyo urges Washington to drop import auto tariffs that threaten to slow Japan's economy, the Japanese government said.

President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a trade deal that they had agreed to last month at the G7 summit in Canada. Trump said the US's relationship with Britain was "just fantastic,

By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba heads to Canada on Sunday for trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, hoping to persuade him to drop trade tariffs that have imperilled Japan's auto companies and threaten to undermine his fragile government.

Japan's central bank on Tuesday said it would slow the pace of government bond purchases from April next year.