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Ex-President Donald Trump obtained a royal greeting on the start of the week in Japan, the most recent phase of a five-day Asian tour which he hopes to finish with an agreement on a trade war truce with China's leader Xi Jinping.

Official Meetings

Trump, making his longest journey abroad since assuming the presidency in the start of the year, revealed arrangements with four Southeast Asian countries during the first stop in Malaysia and is expected to meet Xi in the Korean peninsula on later this week.

President Trump greeted with representatives on the airport runway and offered a multiple enthusiastic motions, before his chopper whisked him off for a nocturnal sightseeing trip of the metropolitan city. His convoy was afterwards spotted entering the Imperial Palace grounds, where he met Japanese monarch Naruhito.

Financial Deals

The former president has obtained a $550-billion investment pledge from Tokyo in return for relief from strict customs taxes.

The nation's newly elected prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is striving to further impress Trump with assurances to acquire US utility vehicles, agricultural products and natural gas, and declare an deal on shipbuilding.

The prime minister, who was appointed as Japan's first female premier last week, told Trump that strengthening their countries' alliance was her "primary focus" in a telephonic discussion on Saturday.

Other Updates

• Washington and Beijing have come to terms on a structure for a commercial agreement mere days before Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping are set to have discussions. The finance chief the financial leader said the deal, established on the margins of the ASEAN meeting in the Malaysian nation on Sunday, would eradicate the risk of the enforcement of full duties on Beijing's exports beginning early November.
• Donald Trump has managed the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on the opening day of an Asia tour. The US president arrived in the Malaysian nation on the weekend before the international meeting in the main city, the metropolitan center.
• CAIR has alleged the former administration of a "obvious offense to freedom of expression" after national border officials arrested English correspondent, Sami Hamdi, on the weekend.

Trump said he was looking forward to having discussions with Japan's leader, a strong supporter of his late friend and golf companion, former prime minister Shinzo Abe, adding: "I believe she will prove great."

Political Statements

In other, the former president stated he would eliminate seeking the second-in-command position in the 2028 US election, an idea some of his supporters have suggested to allow the GOP leader to occupy an further tenure in office.

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

However, he continued: "I would not pursue that. I believe it's too cute. Indeed, I would reject that possibility because it's overly clever. I believe the people would disapprove of that. It's too cute. It isn't - it could not be considered right."