How Japan’s New Prime Minister Bonded With Trump
new video loaded: How Japan’s New Prime Minister Bonded With Trump President Trump met with Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday. Javier C. Hernández, The Times’s Tokyo bureau chief, looks at their chemistry, given the friendship Mr. Trump had with her mentor, the slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. By Javier C. Hernández,…
new video loaded: How Japan’s New Prime Minister Bonded With Trump
President Trump met with Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday. Javier C. Hernández, The Times’s Tokyo bureau chief, looks at their chemistry, given the friendship Mr. Trump had with her mentor, the slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
By Javier C. Hernández, Nailah Morgan, Christina Shaman and Jon Hazell
October 29, 2025