Overview
- President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held their first in‑person meeting at Tokyo’s State Guesthouse and reaffirmed plans to strengthen the alliance.
- Both governments announced expanded collaboration to secure critical minerals supplies and signed memoranda covering seven advanced science and technology fields, including artificial intelligence and next‑generation communications.
- Takaichi conveyed the government’s policy to substantially bolster Japan’s defense capabilities, including increased defense spending.
- The leaders visited the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base and conducted a joint inspection of an aircraft carrier in a show of military coordination.
- Trump met families of Japanese abductee victims and pledged to work energetically toward resolving the abduction issue.