Overview
- Emperor Naruhito received President Trump at the Imperial Palace to open the Tokyo leg of his Asia tour.
- Trump meets newly installed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday for their first in-person talks, with the U.S. government still in shutdown.
- Trade and security are expected to dominate, with Japan’s $550 billion U.S. investment pledge and American pressure on defense burden-sharing shaping the agenda.
- U.S. and Chinese negotiators said they reached a preliminary consensus ahead of a Trump–Xi session planned at APEC in Korea this week.
- Japanese officials floated importing Ford F-150 pickups as a symbolic gesture to highlight commercial alignment, an idea Trump publicly welcomed despite practical concerns.