Upon his arrival in Japan, President Donald Trump’s first stop was at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, where he was welcomed by Emperor Naruhito. It was their second meeting; in 2019, Trump became the first world leader to meet the Japanese emperor after his enthronement ceremony. (Naruhito’s father, Akihito, unprecedentedly abdicated in 2019.)

Trump last visited Japan during his first presidency in June 2019, when he attended the Group of 20 summit in Osaka. He came to Japan three times during that term, when he developed a close relationship with late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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A meeting Thursday between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is set to be one of the key diplomatic events of the year, with the US-China economic relationship at stake following multiple rounds of escalating tensions and temporary truces.

Following weeks of mounting trade tensions between the world’s biggest economies, Bessent and Chinese vice-premier He Lifeng held a second day of talks in Malaysia ahead of the first summit between Trump and Xi since 2019.