Japan pulled out all stops for this week’s visit by US President Donald Trump — his first with new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

The US president’s visit was a major diplomatic test for Takaichi, who has only been in office for a week.

From pledges that Tokyo will spend much more on its defence to supporting Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize bid, here’s how Takaichi sought to woo the mercurial US leader:

– ‘Golden Age’ and Nobel Peace Prize –

“I was very impressed and inspired by you,” Takaichi told Trump as they met, calling for “a new golden age of the Japan-US alliance”.

Takaichi also announced during the visit that she will nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Since returning to the White House for his second term in January, Trump has repeatedly insisted that he deserves the prize for

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