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President Donald Trump received a regal welcome on Monday in Japan, the latest leg of a five-day Asian tour which he aims to cap with an deal on a trade war truce with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Official Meetings

Trump, undertaking his most extensive foreign travel since taking office in the start of the year, announced deals with four Southeast Asian countries during the opening phase in Malaysia and is anticipated to meet Xi in the Korean peninsula on later this week.

Trump exchanged greetings with representatives on the tarmac and displayed a multiple enthusiastic motions, before his aircraft whisked him off for a picturesque evening excursion of Tokyo. His official vehicles was subsequently observed accessing the royal compound, where he encountered Japanese emperor Naruhito.

Financial Deals

Trump has secured a $550-billion investment pledge from Tokyo in as compensation for respite from heavy trade duties.

The nation's freshly installed premier, Sanae Takaichi, is aiming to continue to please Trump with commitments to buy US light trucks, legumes and natural gas, and announce an deal on vessel manufacturing.

Takaichi, who became Japan's initial woman prime minister last week, told Trump that bolstering their countries' alliance was her "top priority" in a phone conversation on the weekend.

Other Updates

• The US and China have come to terms on a outline for a trade deal mere days before Trump and Beijing's head Xi Jinping are scheduled to encounter. The finance chief the financial leader said the agreement, forged on the periphery of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Malaysia on the weekend, would remove the danger of the imposition of complete taxes on Beijing's exports commencing the first of November.
• Trump has overseen the signing of a truce deal between Bangkok and Cambodia on the opening day of an Asia tour. The Washington's head reached the Malaysian nation on the weekend before the international meeting in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
• The Muslim civil rights group has alleged the former administration of a "clear insult to free speech" after national border officials detained English correspondent, the writer, on the weekend.

The former president said he was anticipating having discussions with Takaichi, a key partner of his deceased companion and sporting friend, previous leader the late prime minister, adding: "I believe she'll become outstanding."

Public Remarks

Additionally, Donald Trump stated he would reject campaigning for the vice president role in the 2028 US election, an concept some of his adherents have proposed to permit the Republican president to hold office an further tenure in the White House.

"It would be permissible to pursue that path," Trump said, in an conversation with reporters aboard Air Force One.

Yet he stated: "I would not pursue that. In my opinion it's too cute. Indeed, I would eliminate that option because it's too cute. I believe the people would disapprove of that. It's overly clever. It's not - it wouldn't be right."