Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso will meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Washington on Thursday, with discussions widely expected to touch on currency issues on the sidelines of trade talks. Aso will brief reporters after the meeting, at around 4 p.m. (2000 GMT), the ministry said, but it did not mention the purpose of the meeting. The meeting comes as Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is set to meet U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to negotiate a trade pact that Washington hopes will rectify what it sees as an unfair trade deficit with Japan. The meetings will precede a summit of Prime ... (full story)