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Ex-President Donald Trump was given a regal greeting on the start of the week in the island nation, the latest leg of a week-long Asian journey which he aspires to cap with an deal on a trade war truce with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

State Interactions

Trump, making his longest journey abroad since taking office in January, revealed deals with multiple Asian nations during the first stop in Malaysia and is expected to meet Xi in South Korea on later this week.

President Trump shook hands with dignitaries on the airport runway and offered a multiple enthusiastic motions, before his helicopter carried him away for a picturesque evening excursion of Japan's capital. His motorcade was later seen entering the Imperial Palace grounds, where he met Japanese monarch Naruhito.

Trade Arrangements

The former president has secured a $550-billion investment pledge from the Japanese government in exchange for respite from strict customs taxes.

The country's recently appointed prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is striving to additionally wow Trump with promises to purchase US pickup trucks, agricultural products and natural gas, and announce an agreement on maritime construction.

Japan's leader, who was appointed as Japan's first female premier last week, told Trump that reinforcing their international partnership was her "main objective" in a phone conversation on the weekend.

Other Updates

• America and China have come to terms on a outline for a trade deal mere days before Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping are scheduled to encounter. The economic official the treasury head said the deal, established on the margins of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference in Malaysia on Sunday, would eradicate the risk of the imposition of full duties on goods from China beginning the first of November.
• Donald Trump has supervised the execution of a truce deal between Bangkok and Phnom Penh on the first day of an Asian journey. The US president arrived in Malaysia on the weekend before the international meeting in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
• CAIR has alleged the previous government of a "blatant affront to free speech" after national border officials apprehended English correspondent, Sami Hamdi, on the weekend.

Trump said he was looking forward to having discussions with the prime minister, a strong supporter of his passed away associate and golfing partner, previous leader former PM Abe, adding: "In my opinion she's going to be great."

Public Remarks

In other, Trump announced he would eliminate campaigning for the second-in-command position in the next election cycle, an concept some of his adherents have proposed to permit the conservative head to serve an extra period in the White House.

"I could to pursue that path," Trump said, in an dialogue with journalists aboard Air Force One.

However, he continued: "I would not pursue that. In my opinion it's overly clever. Indeed, I would rule that out because it's overly clever. I think the citizens wouldn't like that. It's too cute. It's not - it could not be considered appropriate."