Renzi says Italy, Japan want development, growth

(ANSA) - Tokyo, August 3 - Premier Matteo Renzi said Monday in Tokyo that he and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agree on the importance of investment for economic expansion. Both countries, as major manufacturers and exporters, understand and agree that economic austerity cannot be the only goal of governments, said Renzi. "Prime Minister Abe joins us in the idea that development comes not only by austerity but by growth and by investments," said Renzi. "We are partners and friends...and share cultural values".