
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to invest $200 billion in the coming five years to build roads, power plants and ports around the world.
In a speech read out by an aide during a conference banquet, Abe said that as host of the just-concluded Group of Seven summit in Ise-Shima, Japan had taken on "a new responsibility" to contribute to the global economy, using all the policy tools at its disposal.