President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba are set to hold a press conference in the East Room of the White House this afternoon.
This will follow a meeting and lunch between the two world leaders this morning.
This is the second foreign leader to visit the White House since President Trump took office on January 20.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump held a similar meeting and press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.
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The President also hosted Texas Governor Greg Abbott and California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday.
President Trump is scheduled to sign more executive orders this afternoon before he departs the White House for the weekend.
BBC reports,
US and Japanese officials said economic and security concerns – particularly North Korea – will be high on the agenda, along with advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence.
Ishiba and Japanese officials said that the main purpose of the visit, however, is to forge personal ties with Trump – who had a warm relationship with former PM Shinzo Abe during his first term.
The visit marks the first by an Asian leader to the White House since Trump’s second administration began in January.
Senior Trump administration officials described the visit as primarily focused on “peace and prosperity” in the Pacific. Trump is likely to bring up realistic training exercises between the US military and Japan’s Self-Defence Forces, as well as cooperation on defence investment.
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