U.S. President Donald Trump left for Tokyo on Monday to begin a round of high-level meetings that include talks with Japan’s emperor and newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi .

The visit forms part of a broader Asia tour focused on strengthening trade agreements , boosting investment, and encouraging Japan to expand its defence spending.

Trump, on his longest journey abroad since taking office in January, announced a slew of deals with Southeast Asian countries and oversaw the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia during his first stop in Malaysia.

His trip is expected to conclude in a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday, where the world’s two largest economies will seek to avert an escalation of their trade war.

While

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