Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses media following a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
TOKYO (Reuters) - Armed with fact sheets on jobs created and investments made in America, Japan aims to give Donald Trump a crash course on its contribution to the U.S. economy in hopes of persuading him that Tokyo is different from Trump's favourite trade target, China.
Tokyo wants Trump, who will become president next week, to see the merits of global trade, rethink his threats to impose a "border tax" on imports, and to stick to international trade deals on which Japan Inc bases its investment strategies.
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