Trump wants Japan to fund his government’s ambitious government spending. What’s in it for them?

At least one leading candidate to become Japan's next prime minister in the country's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's imminent leadership election is threatening to reopen the negotiations, and Japanese businesses are already balking at one investment the administration looks likely to propose. South Korea, which is under pressure from the White House to ink a similar deal, is also pushing back. "I'm surprised, given the language in there, that Japan agreed to any of this," said a former Biden administration official, who, like others quoted in this piece, was granted anonymity to speak candidly. "The U.S. will ultimately be who…