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On television, he is frightening, but he was actually very sincere,
We will have relations with North Korea, with Kim Jong Un
he said during a press conference standing beside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Regarding North Korea ... we affirmed the need to address its nuclear and missile program, which poses a serious threat to Japan, the US and beyond, and that Japan and the US will work together toward the complete denuclearization of North Korea,
If I can have a relationship with not only him, but other people throughout the world where there seem to be difficulties, I think that's a tremendous asset for the world, not just the United States
From Japan's perspective, they want to position themselves as the staunch ally of U.S. interests in Asia, and so fitting into that set of interests is Nippon Steel's strategy here,
Part of President Trump's negotiating stance for almost all issues is that we don't really know where he wants to land in the end,
said Kenji Kushida, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Those are all areas that Japan does have shared interests. They have technology. They have the money to invest in some of these areas, and so they're able to use their leverage in a very strategic manner,
Perhaps an increase in the defense sharing burden, mainly buying U.S. military equipment, expansion of U.S. bases, perhaps, and then perhaps some other financial commitments, but nothing that would upset the sort of geopolitical status in East Asia to Japan's disadvantage,
We would like to first establish a higher relationship of trust and cooperation between two countries, especially the two leaders,
a senior Japanese government official told reporters during a briefing Thursday If the promise to allow Nippon Steel to acquire U.S. Steel can be used as bargaining leverage, he may use this to get Japan to pay much more than they're already committed, to help contribute to U.S. military bases and other defense costs,
We all know that President Trump pays a lot of attention to the deficit as an indication of the economic strength of the relationship. So, I'm sure discussions will happen about that,
the Trump administration official said Because I found golf diplomacy to be a wonderful opportunity for us.”
It will be our first face-to-face talks, so I would like to focus on building a personal relationship of trust between the two of us,
Ishiba told reporters before heading to Washington for his White House visit, taking place Friday President Trump is actually a good listener, too. Perhaps we have a good chemistry,
Ishiba told reporters earlier this week There is nothing that provides the excuse for the use right now of tariffs,
There’s no reason to bring it up,
I hope that we can confirm that by Japan and the U.S. cooperating on issues such as the economy and security, this will bring peace and allow for development not for the free and open Indo-Pacific region but also for the rest of the world,
the Japanese leader told reporters in Tokyo on Thursday There is no way that Trump will actually engage directly” with an acting president
said Jennifer Lee, a principal at the Asia Group in Washington who focuses on the Korean Peninsula There is a lot of anxiety, especially on them not being included in the possible U.S.-North Korea dialogue,
said Lee, who recently returned from a trip to South Korea That said, the rejection of the deal genuinely did sting, considering the historical closeness of the two nations, Japan’s standing as the top U.S. investor, and the fact that no Japanese investment had ever been blocked on national security grounds before, at least not publicly,
