Follow live updates as President Donald Trump visits Japan and meets with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as part of his weeklong trip to Asia.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meet the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 28. © Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump told new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi today that they will have “a fantastic relationship.” At the outset of Trump’s meeting with Takaichi in Tokyo, he said, “I have always had a great love of Japan and a great respect of Japan,

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has expressed hope for a stronger alliance with Japan, where Takaichi Sanae has taken office as prime minister.

President of the United States, Donald Trump, met with the families of Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korea several decades ago on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.

President Trump has embarked on a six-day diplomatic tour of Asia, testing his role as a statesman and negotiator as he pursues a trade deal with China. Erica L. Green, the White House correspondent for The New York Times,

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