28 October 2025, 07:35 Japan: Trump to Discuss Trade, Security with New PM Takaichi.
US President Donald Trump will meet Japan's new Prime Minister (PM), Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo on Tuesday for talks on trade and security, a week after the hardline conservative became Japan’s first female leader and vowed to accelerate a military buildup, as Reuters reported. Takaichi is expected to offer a package of US investments under a $550 billion deal agreed earlier this year, including cooperation in shipbuilding, sources familiar with the preparations told Reuters. She will also seek to bolster ties with Japan's key trade and security ally through purchases of pickup trucks, soybeans, and natural gas, the sources said. While Trump has previously said Tokyo is not spending enough to defend its islands against an increasingly assertive China, Takaichi is not expected to commit to new defense spending targets beyond the 2% of GDP pledged by her predecessors.
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