(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) TOKYO, Oct 27 (KUNA) -- US President Donald Trump landed in Tokyo on Monday, starting the second leg of a three-nation Asia trip, to chart the course for the bilateral relationship with Japan's new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported.
After arriving in Tokyo, Trump will first meet with Emperor Naruhito before holding talks the following day with Takaichi, who became Japan's first female leader after taking office a week ago.
On Saturday, Takaichi and Trump spoke by phone briefly and told reporters afterward that they had a favorable impression of each other.
Hours before his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport, Trump praised Takaichi for being "philosophically close" to Japan's former leader Shinzo Abe.
"It's going to be very good. That really helps Japan. I think she's going to be great," Trump was quoted as telling reporters aboard Air Force One.
Takaichi, a hard-line conservative and an ardent follower of Abe, has suggested her Cabinet will emulate many of his national security and economic policies, the report said. It is Trump's first visit to Japan since June 2019, during his first term as president. (end)
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