US President Donald Trump arrived in Japan as part of a whirlwind week of diplomacy in Asia, landing in Tokyo on Monday and meeting with Japanese Emperor Nauruhito ahead of a bilateral summit today with new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Trump had earlier described Takaichi as a person with “great strength and wisdom”. Takaichi’s ability to establish a good working relationship with Trump is being carefully tracked here as an early test of her leadership.

Trump landed from the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, after attending a summit for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Sunday, and is then headed from here to South Korea, where his itinerary includes a much-anticipated meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in the last leg of his Asia tour.

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