President <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/donald-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Donald Trump</a> will meet with <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/japan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">Japanese</a> Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba around 11:30 a.m. Friday at the White House.

 <p><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title=""><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER</strong></a></p> <p>It is Trump’s first official meeting with Ishiba, and the meeting is expected to begin the new administration’s relations with Japan.</p> <p>Trump had a friendship with former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022. </p>

It is President Donald Trump's first official meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.{ai:summary}<p>President Donald Trump is set to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday, marking their first official meeting. This encounter is anticipated to establish the new administration's relationship with Japan following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. </p><p>#foreignaffairs</p>

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