TOKYO -- Japan's top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa reiterated on Wednesday that $550 billion in investments pledged to the U.S. would be used to enhance Japan's economic security and that the country would choose which projects to fund.
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Japan trade negotiator links $550bn investment in US to economic security
Commitment to be funded by foreign exchange special account, limiting impact on yen
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top trade negotiator, speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Oct. 1 in Tokyo. © AP
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