President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, $550 billion to invest in the United States

The Japanese government, not companies, is poised to back U.S. infrastructure projects of the president’s choosing.

Investors, finally having some good news, seemed to largely ignore thorny questions about the details of the trade deal, let alone the tenuous position of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba following a recent election setback.