Japan PM Takaichi:
Was enjoying watching Major League Baseball match with President TrumpTo Trump: Thank you for enduring friendship with late PM Shinzo AbeTrump contributed to Asia’s peace including Thai-Cambodia dealMiddle East deal was unprecedented histrical achievementI highly value your commitment to world peace and stabilityReady to promote further collaboration with us to achieve free and open Indo-PacificWill continue to strive as leader of Japan to strengthen Japan’s national power including defence capabilitiesWant to realise a new golden age of Japan-US alliance with Trump
Trump is loving it:
Recalls Japan former Prime Minister Abe as “a great friend of mine”Appreciated Japan order for military equipmentWe are signing a new deal and it is a fair dealThis will be relationship that will be stronger than ever beforeLook forward to working with Takaichi on behalf of our country
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Takaichi, Trump are expected to sign a joint document on securing rare earth minerals, Asahi reports:
finalizing a joint agreement securing rare earths and other critical minerals, and reinforcing supply chainsexpected to be signed later in the day
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.