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Ex-President Donald Trump received a regal welcome on Monday in the island nation, the next stop of a five-day Asian tour which he hopes to finish with an arrangement on a commercial dispute resolution with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Official Meetings

Trump, making his longest journey abroad since taking office in January, announced deals with four nations in Southeast Asia during the opening phase in Malaysia and is expected to have talks with Xi in the Korean peninsula on later this week.

The former leader greeted with dignitaries on the airport runway and gave a multiple enthusiastic motions, before his chopper transported him for a nocturnal sightseeing trip of Japan's capital. His convoy was later seen arriving at the Imperial Palace grounds, where he met Japanese emperor Naruhito.

Economic Agreements

The former president has obtained a $550-billion investment pledge from the Japanese government in exchange for a break from strict customs taxes.

The nation's newly elected premier, Sanae Takaichi, is striving to additionally wow Trump with assurances to acquire US pickup trucks, soybeans and natural gas, and reveal an deal on shipbuilding.

The prime minister, who was appointed as Japan's first female premier recently, told Trump that bolstering their bilateral relationship was her "primary focus" in a telephonic discussion on Saturday.

Additional Developments

• America and China have reached consensus a framework for a commercial agreement mere days before Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping are scheduled to encounter. The finance chief the treasury head said the arrangement, created on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Malaysia on the weekend, would eliminate the threat of the imposition of complete taxes on Beijing's exports commencing early November.
• Donald Trump has managed the completion of a peace arrangement between the Thai nation and Cambodia on the opening day of an Asia tour. The US president arrived in Malaysia on the weekend before the ASEAN summit in the capital, the metropolitan center.
• The council of American-Islamic relations has alleged the previous government of a "obvious offense to free speech" after federal immigration authorities detained English correspondent, the journalist, on the weekend.

The former president said he was looking forward to meeting Takaichi, a key partner of his deceased companion and golfing partner, former prime minister Shinzo Abe, remarking: "I believe she's going to be great."

Public Remarks

Furthermore, the former president stated he would rule out seeking the vice-presidency in the 2028 presidential race, an idea some of his adherents have suggested to allow the conservative head to serve an extra period in office.

"I'd be allowed to pursue that path," Trump said, in an dialogue with media members aboard the official plane.

But he added: "I wouldn't do that. In my opinion it's overly clever. Yeah, I would reject that possibility because it's excessively tricky. In my opinion the citizens wouldn't like that. It's excessively tricky. It would not be - it wouldn't be proper."