Japan's prime minister Sanae Takaichi and US president Donald Trump on board the US Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the US naval base in Yokosuka. Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
US president Donald Trump praised Japan’s first female leader Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday, welcoming her pledge to accelerate a military build-up and signing deals on trade and rare earths.
Ms Takaichi, a protegee of Mr Trump’s late friend Shinzo Abe, applauded the US president’s push to resolve global conflicts and said she would nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize, according to Mr Trump’s spokesperson.
Japan is also expected to offer a package of US investments under a $550-billion deal agreed this ye
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