Overview
- Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, called President Donald Trump “My wonderful ally and friend” in a recent post on X.
- A widely shared photo shows the pair sitting in close proximity inside a U.S. military helicopter at the Yokosuka naval base.
- Trump praised Takaichi as “fantastic” and “beautiful” and said “we’ve become very close friends all of a sudden.”
- Takaichi said the U.S.–Japan relationship is nearing a “new golden age” and pledged to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Reporting notes the leaders have spent only about a day together so far during Trump’s regional visit.