Japan's pledge to lend the International Monetary Fund $60 billion as part of its resource drive makes the Asian country the fund's top contributor, taking the lead from the U.S.
The U.S. was one of the few countries in the Group of 20 largest economies that said it wouldn't contribute any cash to bolster the IMF's lending base. Japan, meanwhile, was one of the first non-European countries to commit money to the IMF.
(Wall Street Journal)
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