President Donald Trump, centre, puts on a jacket beside first lady Melania Trump, as President Trump meets the US troops at the U.S. Yokota Air Base, on the outskirts of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017.
During his election campaign, President Trump was aggressive towards Japan. For
example, some of the then presidential candidate's demands were that Japan would have
to
give more than the billions of dollars it pays in support of US military bases, that it should
develop its own nuclear weapons and that, the Japanese should buy more American cars.
Mr Trump's rhetoric seemed to have paid off. Scarcely had the US election been won than
the Japanese prime minister was on the phone offering congratulations. Shinzo Abe was
also the first world leader to visit New York, carrying gifts of expensive golf equipment.
There were more gifts for the president as he arrived in Japan yesterday. There was a
white hat with the words ''Donald and Shinzo : Make Alliance Even Greater.' There was
food : not Japanese delicacies but burgers made with US beef.
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) meets Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Kasumigaseki Country Club to play golf in Saitama Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2017. Trump came to Japan for the first time as a President, and will stay in Japan until Nov. 7th.
One year after the US election, any concerns in Japan seemed to have receded. Mr Trump
has declared the US-Japan Security Treaty ''a cornerstone'' and hailed a treasured
partnership.
President Donald Trump boards a helicopter at U.S. Yokota Air Base in the suburbs of Tokyo, Nov. 5, 2017, to meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama for a round of golf.
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