President Trump Welcomed by Japan's Emperor Naruhito Before Encountering Recently Elected PM

Ex-President Donald Trump was given a regal welcome on the start of the week in Japan, the next stop of a week-long Asian journey which he aims to cap with an agreement on a trade conflict ceasefire with Beijing's head of state Xi Jinping.

Official Meetings

Donald Trump, embarking on his longest journey abroad since assuming the presidency in the start of the year, announced deals with four nations in Southeast Asia during the first stop in the Malaysian nation and is anticipated to have talks with Xi in South Korea on Thursday.

The former leader shook hands with representatives on the tarmac and offered a multiple enthusiastic motions, before his helicopter whisked him off for a scenic night tour of Japan's capital. His motorcade was later seen entering the royal compound, where he had discussions with Japanese monarch Naruhito.

Trade Arrangements

Trump has already won a $550-billion investment pledge from Japan in return for respite from punishing import tariffs.

The nation's recently appointed prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is striving to continue to please Trump with assurances to buy US pickup trucks, agricultural products and fuel, and announce an agreement on maritime construction.

Takaichi, who assumed the role of Japan's initial woman prime minister recently, told Trump that bolstering their countries' alliance was her "top priority" in a telephonic discussion on the weekend.

Further News

• Washington and Beijing have reached consensus a structure for a economic arrangement only a short time before Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping are scheduled to encounter. The economic official the financial leader said the arrangement, forged on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in the Malaysian nation on Sunday, would eliminate the risk of the application of complete taxes on Beijing's exports starting on early November.
• Donald Trump has supervised the completion of a peace arrangement between Bangkok and Phnom Penh on the first day of an Asian journey. The US president landed in the Malaysian nation on the weekend before the regional conference in the main city, the metropolitan center.
• The Muslim civil rights group has charged the Trump administration of a "clear insult to free speech" after government immigration agents apprehended UK reporter, Sami Hamdi, on Sunday.

The former president said he was eagerly awaiting having discussions with the prime minister, a strong supporter of his passed away associate and golf companion, previous leader Shinzo Abe, remarking: "I think she will prove outstanding."

Political Statements

Furthermore, Donald Trump declared he would eliminate campaigning for the vice-presidency in the next election cycle, an idea some of his adherents have proposed to permit the Republican president to serve an further tenure in office.

"It would be permissible to do that," Trump said, in an dialogue with journalists aboard the official plane.

But he added: "I would not pursue that. In my opinion it's overly clever. Yeah, I would rule that out because it's excessively tricky. I believe the people would object to that. It's overly clever. It isn't - it could not be considered right."