Sources involved in Japan-US talks say JP Morgan and other US banks are set to agree to provide financing for part of Japan's $550 billion pledge to invest in the United States, helping Tokyo fulfil commitments made to US President Trump. Japanese banks had been reluctant because their funding is primarily yen and raising large amounts of dollar funding for long-dated infrastructure projects is costly. Sources say Tokyo is actively advancing the arrangements, and US officials have delivered an a

Sources involved in Japan-US talks say JP Morgan and other US banks are set to agree to provide financing for part of Japan's $550 billion pledge to invest in the United States, helping Tokyo fulfil commitments made to US President Trump. Japanese banks had been reluctant because their funding is primarily yen and raising large amounts of dollar funding for long-dated infrastructure projects is costly. Sources say Tokyo is actively advancing the arrangements, and US officials have delivered an additional list of candidate projects to Prime Minister Takaichi's government as potential follow-ups under the investment plan.