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President Donald Trump obtained a royal greeting on the start of the week in Japan, the most recent phase of a five-day Asia trip which he hopes to cap with an deal on a commercial dispute resolution with Beijing's head of state Xi Jinping.

Diplomatic Engagements

Donald Trump, undertaking his lengthiest overseas trip since assuming the presidency in the start of the year, announced agreements with four Southeast Asian countries during the first stop in Malaysia and is expected to have talks with Xi in the Korean peninsula on Thursday.

President Trump shook hands with officials on the landing strip and displayed a few fist pumps, before his chopper whisked him off for a picturesque evening excursion of Japan's capital. His motorcade was subsequently observed arriving at the emperor's residence, where he encountered Japanese monarch Naruhito.

Financial Deals

Trump has obtained a $550-billion investment pledge from the Japanese government in exchange for relief from heavy trade duties.

Japan's newly elected leader, Sanae Takaichi, is striving to further impress Trump with commitments to acquire US light trucks, agricultural products and gas, and announce an deal on shipbuilding.

Japan's leader, who was appointed as Japan's first female premier in the past seven days, told Trump that strengthening their bilateral relationship was her "primary focus" in a telephone call on Saturday.

Other Updates

• Washington and Beijing have agreed a structure for a trade deal mere days before Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping are due to meet. The finance chief Scott Bessent said the agreement, established on the sidelines of the regional bloc conference in Malaysia on the weekend, would eliminate the danger of the enforcement of complete taxes on goods from China beginning 1 November.
• The former president has overseen the signing of a truce deal between Bangkok and the Cambodian country on the initial day of an Asian journey. The US president arrived in the Malaysian nation on Sunday before the international meeting in the main city, Kuala Lumpur.
• The council of American-Islamic relations has alleged the previous government of a "blatant affront to freedom of expression" after federal immigration authorities detained English correspondent, the writer, on the weekend.

The former president said he was eagerly awaiting having discussions with Japan's leader, a key partner of his deceased companion and golf companion, previous leader former PM Abe, remarking: "In my opinion she'll become great."

Public Remarks

In other, Donald Trump declared he would eliminate seeking the vice president role in the 2028 presidential race, an concept some of his adherents have suggested to allow the Republican president to hold office an further tenure in office.

"I could to do that," Trump said, in an exchange with reporters aboard the official plane.

However, he continued: "That's not an option. In my opinion it's excessively tricky. Yeah, I would rule that out because it's excessively tricky. I believe the public wouldn't like that. It's overly clever. It would not be - it wouldn't be appropriate."