Japan sets up investment arm to support $550B U.S. trade deal

On Friday, Japan’s Ministry of Finance said it plans to establish an investment facility at a state-owned development bank to support a $550 billion investment package with the ￰0￱ deal was part of Tokyo’s tariff agreement with Washington to realign the U. S.-Japan economic ￰1￱ to the report, Japan would finance the investment package through equity, loans, and loan guarantees from the state-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI). The country’s Ministry of Finance also said the new facility at JBIC will provide financial support for local companies to expand overseas in industries strategically important for the country’s economic ￰2￱ revises regulations on JBIC Our historic trade deal with Japan delivers $550 billion for America to invest and strengthen our ￰3￱ will use the funds to build our energy infrastructure, chip manufacturing, critical minerals mining, and shipbuilding to name a ￰4￱ we’ve achieved with our… ￰5￱ — Howard Lutnick (@howardlutnick) September 5, 2025 The Ministry of Finance acknowledged that it revised regulations on JBIC to allow the expansion of its investment in developed countries, including the automotive and pharmaceutical industries.

Japan’s previous regulations limited JBIC’s investment framework in developed countries to certain sectors compared to emerging ￰6￱ ￰7￱ Japan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the details of the deal this ￰8￱ countries agreed to focus on investing in chips, metals, pharmaceuticals, energy, and shipbuilding ￰9￱ deal is expected to be made by January 2029, which coincides with the end of Donald Trump’s presidential ￰10￱ Secretary Howard Lutnick said on CNBC on September 11 that the two countries will share products from projects funded by the deal until the initial investment is ￰11￱ also revealed the profit breakdown will shift to the U.

S., receiving 90% and Tokyo taking the remaining 10%. The ￰12￱ establish an Investment Committee chaired by Lutnick, who will suggest ￰13￱ to fund through Japan’s $550 billion ￰14￱ two countries will also establish a Consultation Committee with designees from both countries to assist the Investment ￰15￱ receiving Trump’s approval, Lutnick said the ￰16￱ hire construction workers and send a capital call to Tokyo, adding that Japan has to dig deep into its balance sheet and borrow money to fund the ￰17￱ argued that the initiative would not cost Japanese taxpayers anything in the long run, assuming they get the invested money back from the ￰18￱ also believes that Japanese consumers will benefit from a lower tariff rate.

“For their country’s perspective, it’s a good deal.” – Howard Lutnick , Commerce Secretary for the ￰19￱ acknowledged that the ￰20￱ get funds to advance domestic manufacturing, facilitating projects such as nuclear power plants and ￰21￱ countries agreed to collaborate to construct a liquified natural gas pipeline in Alaska following the Japan trade ￰22￱ also mentioned antibiotics as a domestic manufacturing ￰23￱ start construction of infrastructure funded by the investment The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that the Trump administration plans to start constructing factories and industrial infrastructure using Japan’s investment ￰24￱ report revealed that Washington plans to use the funds to develop production capabilities for goods like semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, energy, minerals, ships, and quantum ￰25￱ to the WSJ report, the implementation specifics are still being ￰26￱ House spokesman Kush Desai acknowledged that the investment pledge was the largest deal ever made and will be key to fueling America’s next Golden ￰27￱ trade agreement was brokered in late July, and the White House released more details about the deal in early ￰28￱ ￰29￱ Japan’s levies from 25% to 15% as part of the deal, while ￰30￱ expect to gain greater access to Tokyo’s food and energy ￰31￱ agreed to purchase $8 billion in farmed products like corn, soybeans, rice, and ￰32￱ country will also purchase bioethanol, sustainable aviation fuel, and a long-term annual purchase of $7 million worth of natural ￰33￱ up to $30,050 in trading rewards when you join Bybit today