U.S. President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, US$550 billion to invest in the United States. It’s an astonishing figure, but still subject to ...

Japan's chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa speaks to the media after a meeting between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo, on July 18, 2025. Shuji Kajiyama ...