often at the ear of the unpredictable U.S. president over rounds of golf. Now, Japan’s current prime minister wants to re-create some of that chemistry. Shigeru Ishiba is set to meet with Trump ...

If Japan needed reassurances ... the widow of the late former PM Shinzo Abe, who had a close relationship with Trump during his first presidency, forged on the golf course. Ishiba's homework ...

During Trump's first term from 2017 to 2021, he grew close to then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, bonding over golf. Abe resigned ... the US military and Japan's Self-Defence Forces, as ...

US President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the ... s close relationship with former premier and golf buddy Shinzo Abe in the US president’s first term.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump ... Japan's most important economic and security partner, while Tokyo is a key Washington ally, hosting military bases on China's doorstep. Japanese Prime ...