President Donald Trump arrives Monday in Japan where new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is banking on building a friendly personal relationship with the U.S. leader to ease trade tensions .

The meeting is an early diplomatic test for Takaichi, the first woman to lead Japan. She took office only last week, and has a tenuous coalition backing her.

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Trump spent Sunday in Malaysia , where he participated in a regional summit.

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During the gaggle with reporters, Trump boasted about his administration’s transparency, pointing to all the top officials taking questions from the media.

“You can ask anything you want. There’s never been anything like this,” he said.

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