by Ryan King and Kaydi Pelletier at New York Post
President Trump is set to meet Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a conservative figure who is widely seen as a China hawk.
Takaichi took office earlier this month after former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned. She had been an ally of late PM Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022. Trump was very close to Abe.
Their meeting will take place on Tuesday local time. (Japan has a 13-hour time difference.) It is widely seen as one of Takaichi’s first major tests as prime minister.
On Monday, Trump met with Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, kicking off his roughly three-country swing through Asia…
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