TOKYO -- In an attempt to get U.S. President Donald Trump to ease up on Japan's trade surplus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an elaborate presentation last year mapping out new American investments planned by Japanese companies totaling $20 billion.
Abe's explanatory session with Trump in September came to light Wednesday, when Trump told U.S. business leaders in the White House that "Japan is going to be sending ... at least seven more big factories into this country."
