When Canada said in August it would join the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, all eyes turned to Japan and the U.S.
Other members of the Group of Seven ¡ª Germany, France and Italy ¡ª followed suit after Britain ignored U.S. opposition and signed up.
China has been courting Japan and the U.S., but Tokyo, walking in lockstep with Washington, has held out.
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