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Ex-President Donald Trump was given a regal reception on the start of the week in Japan, the most recent phase of a five-day Asian tour which he hopes to conclude with an arrangement on a trade war truce with Beijing's head of state Xi Jinping.

Official Meetings

The former president, undertaking his longest journey abroad since assuming the presidency in January, announced agreements with four Southeast Asian countries during the initial leg in Malaysia and is anticipated to have talks with Xi in the Korean peninsula on Thursday.

Trump shook hands with representatives on the airport runway and displayed a few fist pumps, before his helicopter transported him for a picturesque evening excursion of Tokyo. His motorcade was afterwards spotted accessing the emperor's residence, where he encountered Japanese monarch Naruhito.

Trade Arrangements

Donald Trump has already won a $550-billion investment pledge from Japan in exchange for a break from punishing import tariffs.

The nation's freshly installed prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is hoping to continue to please Trump with commitments to acquire US light trucks, legumes and fuel, and announce an agreement on vessel manufacturing.

Japan's leader, who became Japan's pioneering female leader last week, told Trump that reinforcing their countries' alliance was her "main objective" in a phone conversation on Saturday.

Other Updates

• The US and China have reached consensus a framework for a commercial agreement just days before Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping are scheduled to encounter. The economic official the financial leader said the arrangement, created on the periphery of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Malaysia on Sunday, would eradicate the risk of the imposition of 100% tariffs on goods from China starting on 1 November.
• Trump has supervised the completion of a ceasefire agreement between Bangkok and the Cambodian country on the opening day of an regional trip. The American leader reached the Malaysian nation on Sunday before the ASEAN summit in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
• CAIR has alleged the former administration of a "blatant affront to freedom of expression" after national border officials arrested UK reporter, Sami Hamdi, on the weekend.

Trump said he was anticipating having discussions with the prime minister, a close ally of his passed away associate and sporting friend, former prime minister the late prime minister, adding: "In my opinion she will prove excellent."

Public Remarks

Additionally, Donald Trump announced he would rule out running for the second-in-command position in the 2028 presidential race, an approach some of his adherents have floated to permit the conservative head to serve an additional term in office.

"I'd be allowed to take that action," Trump said, in an conversation with journalists on the presidential aircraft.

But he added: "That's not an option. In my opinion it's overly clever. Indeed, I would rule that out because it's overly clever. I think the people would object to that. It's too cute. It would not be - it wouldn't be proper."