Japanese Prime Minister to search for “personal relationship” with Trump

Shigeru Ishiba Prime Minister must meet with Donald Trump on Friday at the White House, because Japanese leaders expect cement links with the first partner in the country.

The US and Japanese officials expressed economic and security concerns – especially North Korea – will be a high agenda with advanced technologies like artificial intelligence.

Ishiba and Japanese officials The main goal of the visit, however, was to create personal bonds with Trump, who had a warm relationship with his first PM Shinzo Abe.

Visit A ​​Asian leader has the first to the White House since the second administration of Trump began in January.

A foreign home visit is the latter across the new administration, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Whirlwind’s journey after the Israeli Prime Minister this week.

“Our face-to-face talks,” Ishiba said to Washington before I leave. “I would like to be focused on building a personal confidence from us.”

Trump from 2017 to 2021, he approached Shinzo Abe from Japanese Prime Minister, golf. Abe resigned in 2020 and Two years later they were killed.

Japanese officials said that “possible preparation” was made for the Trump meeting, to look for the ABE widow’s advice.

Gender Trump Administration officials focused on the Pacific visit “Peace and Prosperity”. Trump is likely to bring realistic training between the US military and Japanese self-defense forces, as well as collaboration on defense investment.

The White House said the semiconductor and artificial intelligence would also be on the agenda.

From the Japan perspective, the role of Japan is expected to emphasize as important economic partners for the US and stressed that Japan has been a major foreign investor in the US for five consecutive years.

Among the multinational companies, Japanese companies are the biggest creative works of 10 states and second in the other sundry.

Only in Kentucky, Japanese companies use more than 45,000 people, especially manufacturing car equipment.

Defense and safety discussions are also likely to be the final commitment to raising the defense expenditure, from 5% to 5%, called Trump among allied NATOs, as well as the defense and mutual concerns of North Korea.

Japanese officials believe that North Korean is growing in military bonds, which is transferred to the Ally Opportunity of Russian Missile Technology.

Trump Administration officials said that Japanese “commitment” shares the “commitment” of North Korea.