Japanese public turns against foreign aid as Trump dismantles USAID

Support for expansion hits 10-year low, eroded by inflation and slowing growth

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Japanese official development assistance helped to fund high-speed rail in Indonesia. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

SHIMPEI KAWAKAMI

TOKYO -- Public support in Japan for expanding official development assistance has fallen to its weakest level in the past decade, as hostility driven by economic woes is stoked further by U.S. moves to shut down Washington's main foreign aid agency.

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