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Former President Donald Trump received a royal reception on Monday in Japan, the most recent phase of a week-long Asian journey which he aims to cap with an agreement on a trade war truce with Beijing's head of state Xi Jinping.

Official Meetings

Donald Trump, making his most extensive foreign travel since taking office in the start of the year, announced agreements with four nations in Southeast Asia during the opening phase in Malaysia and is anticipated to encounter Xi in the Korean peninsula on later this week.

Trump shook hands with officials on the landing strip and offered a multiple enthusiastic motions, before his aircraft whisked him off for a scenic night tour of Japan's capital. His convoy was afterwards spotted accessing the royal compound, where he encountered Japanese sovereign Naruhito.

Economic Agreements

Donald Trump has secured a $550-billion investment pledge from Japan in as compensation for relief from heavy trade duties.

The nation's freshly installed premier, Sanae Takaichi, is aiming to continue to please Trump with promises to purchase US pickup trucks, agricultural products and fuel, and reveal an arrangement on maritime construction.

The prime minister, who assumed the role of Japan's first female premier in the past seven days, told Trump that bolstering their bilateral relationship was her "main objective" in a telephonic discussion on the weekend.

Further News

• The US and China have come to terms on a structure for a commercial agreement only a short time before the former president and Beijing's head Xi Jinping are scheduled to encounter. Treasury secretary the treasury head said the deal, established on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Malaysia on Sunday, would eradicate the danger of the enforcement of full duties on Chinese imports beginning the first of November.
• The former president has overseen the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the Thai nation and the Cambodian country on the initial day of an regional trip. The American leader arrived in Malaysia on Sunday before the ASEAN summit in the main city, Kuala Lumpur.
• The Muslim civil rights group has charged the former administration of a "blatant affront to liberty of speech" after government immigration agents detained British journalist, the writer, on the weekend.

Donald Trump said he was looking forward to encountering the prime minister, a close ally of his late friend and golf companion, ex-premier former PM Abe, adding: "In my opinion she's going to be excellent."

Political Statements

Furthermore, Trump stated he would rule out seeking the vice-presidency in the next election cycle, an concept some of his supporters have floated to permit the GOP leader to hold office an extra period in the White House.

"I could to take that action," Trump said, in an conversation with reporters aboard the presidential aircraft.

However, he continued: "I would not pursue that. I think it's excessively tricky. Indeed, I would eliminate that option because it's overly clever. I believe the people would object to that. It's excessively tricky. It isn't - it could not be considered proper."