Tokyo [Japan], October 28 (ANI): US President Donald Trump started a packed day of diplomatic engagements in Asia on Tuesday with a heat assembly with Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo.
The two leaders exchanged greetings as Trump smiled and mentioned, ‘That’s a really sturdy handshake,’ whereas assembly Japan’s first-ever girl prime minister. The cordial second underscored the importance of their first interplay since Takaichi took workplace, signalling a constructive begin to bilateral talks.
Trump, who had not too long ago attended the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, arrived in Tokyo using on the momentum of what he known as his ‘private diplomacy dividend.’ At the summit, he welcomed the ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia and credited his outreach for the breakthrough, describing it as ‘one other nice day for peace.’
Building on that diplomatic progress, Trump’s discussions with Takaichi culminated within the signing of two main agreements, one centred on commerce and the opposite on crucial minerals, reaffirming efforts by each nations to deepen financial and strategic cooperation.
Before the formal signing, Trump joined Takaichi for a welcome ceremony at Akasaka Palace, the place the 2 leaders reviewed the guard of honour and greeted attending officers. The ceremony mirrored the rising partnership between Washington and Tokyo amid evolving regional and international developments.
The Japanese delegation prolonged a heat welcome to Trump, reaffirming Japan’s dedication to shut cooperation with the United States on commerce, safety, and financial issues.
The first deal, described as temporary, known as for a ‘new golden age’ within the US-Japan alliance and referenced the commerce pact Trump introduced in July. Under that association, a 15 per cent tariff will apply to Japanese exports in alternate for USD 550 billion in Japanese funding within the United States.
The second settlement established a framework to safe the provision of crucial and rare-earth minerals by means of strengthened cooperation in mining and processing. The initiative goals to spice up provide chain resilience for supplies important to electronics and superior applied sciences.
During their assembly, the 2 leaders mentioned methods to additional strengthen bilateral ties. Takaichi pledged to construct a ‘new golden period’ of the Japan-US alliance along with Trump, calling the bilateral relationship ‘the best alliance on this planet,’ in response to Japanese state media.
She additionally praised Trump’s function in selling peace in West Asia and resolving the battle between Thailand and Cambodia, calling them ‘unprecedented historic achievements.’
Trump’s engagements in Tokyo got here a day after his viewers with Japan’s Emperor Naruhito on the Imperial Palace, the place he described the monarch as ‘a fantastic man.’ The assembly, which lasted for greater than half an hour, noticed Trump recall their earlier interplay throughout his 2019 state go to, when he was hosted at a banquet, in response to CNN.
During her interactions, Takaichi additionally met members of the US delegation, together with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the United States Trade Representative, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Japan marks Trump’s second cease on his five-day Asia tour. Earlier, he was in Malaysia, the place he attended the forty seventh ASEAN Summit and took part within the signing of the Cambodia-Thailand peace deal.
He is predicted to proceed his tour with a go to to Seoul on Wednesday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, the place leaders are more likely to deliberate on regional commerce, safety, and strategic cooperation throughout the Pacific. (ANI)