Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, shared a stage with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a summit in Tokyo on Friday, saying that the world must boost women¡¯s economic power and participation in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
Trump, an informal White House adviser, arrived in Tokyo on Thursday preceding her father¡¯s planned visit on Sunday, his first trip to Japan since taking office in January.
Abe, who opened the summit with his own speech, pledged to contribute $50 million (about ?5.7 billion) to the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative championed by Ivanka Trump.
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