Name: How Japan’s New Prime Minister Won Trump Over During His Visit | WSJ News
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Going into this summer, there was a little anxiety about how the two would get on so far as Japan and the US have had some disagreements over trade and there's some anxiety over defense spending.

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But in the end, the two hit it off remarkably well.

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President Trump received a very warm welcome in Japan.

He was whisked to the Imperial palace to see the Japanese emperor for a 30 minute audience, a chance for them to rekindle their friendship.

Today he had a summit with Sanae Takeichi, Japan's new Prime Minister and Japan's first female prime minister.

There's some strains recently over trade on Trump's insistence that allies such as Japan and others spend more on defense.

But in the end, the two leaders got on extremely warmly.

Trump praised Takahi to the high heavens, frankly.

He told her that she was going to be one of the greatest of all time.

Anytime you have any question, any doubt, anything you want, any favors you need, anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there.

The main thrust of what they discussed was trade and security.

Trump complimented Takechi on her commitment to increasing Japanese defense spending.

Takechi is something of a security hawk, a bit like her mentor, Shinzo Abe.

And one of the first things she said that she would do when she became Prime Minister last week was to increase defense spending.

She wants to accelerate a target to get it up to 2% of China GDP by the end of this fiscal year.

The Japanese have made big orders for US Weapons.

Missiles in particular for the F35 that Japan owns.

The two leaders also visited the USS George Washington, a US Aircraft carrier that's stationed in Japan and is one of its, you know, foremost weapons in the Pacific.

Takechi, and a rare owner, was able to give remarks to the troops and the sailors.

The Japanese Prime Minister was cheered very loudly by the sailors and troops on board the Washington when she gave her remarks talking about Japan's eagerness to boost military spending and play a bigger role in the defence of the Pacific.

The two leaders also signed a pledge that promised to usher in a golden age of relations between the US And Japan that was mostly focused on the trade deal that the two countries had previously agreed and that calls for Japan to invest $550 billion in the U.S.

there has been some uncertainty and some disagreement about exactly how that money would be spent.

We got a little bit more clarity on that.

Today, the Ministry of Finance has published a list of projects the US And Japan are looking at.

Things like artificial intelligence, infrastructure, energy.

And the document also included a bunch of Japanese and US Companies that are interested in taking part in the.

So a little bit of progress on what had been a bit of a sticking point.

Well, I want to thank you very much and I want to congratulate you.

As you know, Shinzo Abe was a great friend of mine.

It seems that Japan is almost trying to recreate, if you like, this close relationship that Trump had with the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

He was also a political mentor to Takeichi.

Takei presented Trump with a putter that was owned by Abe.

They both talked a lot about him and how fondly they remember him.

And it seems so far that Trump is pretty responsive to this and that he does see in Takechi something of a continuation of many of the things that he admired about Abe.

I have such respect for Japan and the country.

And now I have a really great respect for the new and incredible Prime Minister.

I have to say this, the first female prime minister in the history of Japan.