President Donald Trump reaffirmed the United States’s long-running alliance with Japan in a meeting with its new prime minister.

Trump met Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo for the first time on Tuesday, taking part in a joint signing ceremony where they committed to inaugurating the “golden age” of the U.S.-Japan alliance. Both leaders were liberal in their praise of each other, with Takaichi tapping into Trump’s interests to appeal to him.

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