President Trump Greeted by Emperor Naruhito Prior to Meeting Japan's New Leader

Ex-President Donald Trump obtained a regal reception on the start of the week in Japan, the next stop of a five-day Asian tour which he aims to cap with an agreement on a trade conflict ceasefire with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Official Meetings

Trump, embarking on his longest journey abroad since assuming the presidency in the start of the year, revealed agreements with multiple Asian nations during the opening phase in Malaysia and is expected to meet Xi in South Korea on Thursday.

Trump shook hands with officials on the tarmac and displayed a few fist pumps, before his chopper carried him away for a picturesque evening excursion of Tokyo. His motorcade was subsequently observed entering the Imperial Palace grounds, where he had discussions with Japanese monarch Naruhito.

Trade Arrangements

Trump has obtained a $550-billion investment pledge from Tokyo in as compensation for relief from heavy trade duties.

The nation's newly elected leader, Sanae Takaichi, is hoping to continue to please Trump with promises to buy US light trucks, soybeans and fuel, and announce an deal on shipbuilding.

The prime minister, who assumed the role of Japan's pioneering female leader in the past seven days, told Trump that bolstering their international partnership was her "primary focus" in a phone conversation on the weekend.

Other Updates

• America and China have come to terms on a structure for a commercial agreement mere days before Trump and Beijing's head Xi Jinping are due to meet. The economic official the treasury head said the agreement, forged on the margins of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Malaysia on Sunday, would remove the risk of the application of full duties on goods from China beginning the first of November.
• Trump has overseen the execution of a peace arrangement between the Thai nation and the Cambodian country on the first day of an Asia tour. The American leader arrived in the Malaysian nation on the weekend before the international meeting in the main city, the metropolitan center.
• The council of American-Islamic relations has charged the Trump administration of a "obvious offense to free speech" after federal immigration authorities detained British journalist, Sami Hamdi, on Sunday.

The former president said he was anticipating encountering Takaichi, a key partner of his passed away associate and golfing partner, ex-premier former PM Abe, remarking: "I think she'll become great."

Political Statements

In other, Donald Trump declared he would rule out campaigning for the vice-presidency in the next election cycle, an concept some of his followers have suggested to permit the conservative head to serve an extra period in the White House.

"I could to pursue that path," Trump said, in an exchange with media members within the presidential aircraft.

However, he continued: "That's not an option. In my opinion it's overly clever. Yeah, I would reject that possibility because it's overly clever. In my opinion the people would disapprove of that. It's excessively tricky. It's not - it could not be considered proper."