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The finance minister has stopped short of saying that the two countries are engaged in coordinated intervention in the currency market or that they are planning a joint response.

About 100 organizations including companies, schools and groups of Japanese nationals from various prefectures took part in the event.

His erratic behavior has revived fears among allies — from Europe to the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific — that the U.S. might be unreliable in a future crisis.

Trump is expected to hold talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to discuss Japan-China relations and Taiwan.

The entities are expected to invest additional funds in stages later on under a tariff deal between the two countries.