	u s official to visit japan as  row grows undersecretary of state michael armacost will visit tokyo next week for meetings with high level officials that will include talks on the growing  row over japanese semiconductor electronics products he is the first high level u s official to visit japan since president reagan announced last week plans to impose tariffs worth up to mln dlrs on japanese electronic goods on april in retaliation for tokyo s alleged failure to live up to a pact on microchip  signed last september deputy state department spokeswoman phyllis oakley said the trip is set for april to u s japanese talks of this kind are regularly held each year at this time she told reporters the armacost discussions with deputy foreign minister ryohei murata and other senior japanese officials will focus on u s japanese foreign aid programs and political security issues of mutual concern she added although an exchange of views on bilateral relations is expected the talks are not directly related to u s japanese  relations she insisted but in response to questions oakley acknowledged that  will be discussed japan s billion dlrs  surplus with the united states last year has come under fire in congress which is concerned about the loss of jobs to foreign competition and with the record billion dlrs u s  deficit in reuter 
