Building nuclear power plants, establishing power grids, and supporting American artificial intelligence have become Japan's main "mission".
Japan and the United States announced a 60 trillion yen investment plan - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and SoftBank have shown interest - and the leaders of the two countries also signed agreements including next-generation nuclear power plants.
On the 28th, the Japanese and U.S. governments announced an investment project with a total business scale of 4,000 billion U.S. dollars (approximately 60 trillion yen) by companies from both countries.
Several Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and SoftBank Group, have expressed interest in 21 projects, including the construction of next-generation nuclear power plants and large-scale power infrastructure. On the same day, the leaders of the two countries signed documents confirming the implementation of investments and loans to the U.S. agreed upon in the Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations. Investment transactions may be constrained by this framework.
On the same day, U.S. President Trump held a summit with Prime Minister Hayashi, emphasizing "We will conduct large-scale trade together." Japan has pledged to invest and loan 550 billion U.S. dollars (approximately 84 trillion yen) to the U.S. through government-affiliated financial institutions participating in tariff negotiations. In the future, the target projects will be selected by the U.S. government investment committee. Announcing this agenda seems to indicate that the agreement has entered the implementation stage.
After the summit, Trump visited the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka Base (Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture). Regarding Japanese investments in the U.S., he also said, "Toyota Motor Corporation plans to build factories across the U.S. with a total amount exceeding 10 billion U.S. dollars (approximately 1.5 trillion yen)." That evening, he emphasized to top Japanese companies in Tokyo, "We will not let you down."
According to the investment projects announced by the Japanese and U.S. governments, in the energy sector, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Toshiba are considering participating in the construction of a next-generation nuclear power plant costing up to 100 billion U.S. dollars. SoftBank Group also plans to invest 25 billion U.S. dollars for the design and operation of large-scale power infrastructure.
In the field of artificial intelligence (AI), Panasonic Holdings intends to supply energy storage systems, such as batteries, as well as electronic equipment and components, up to 15 billion U.S. dollars. In the key mineral sector, the company stated that a Japanese supplier is considering participating in the construction of copper smelting facilities in western U.S.
The 21 cases announced involve four fields: "Energy", "AI Power Development", "Strengthening AI Infrastructure", and "Key Minerals". Both are considered important for economic security, and Japan-U.S. cooperation will be strengthened to target China.
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