Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit the White House on March 19, President Donald Trump said on Thursday, praising the Asian country’s first female leader ahead of weekend snap elections she is expected to win.
Takaichi “has already proven to be a strong, powerful, and wise Leader, and one that truly loves her Country”, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social as he announced her visit next month.
The United States and Japan have been working to strike a “very substantial” deal on trade, as well as collaborating on national security, Trump said, offering his “Complete and Total Endorsement”.
“Prime Minister Takaichi is someone who deserves powerful recognition for the job she and her Coalition are doing,” he added.
Polls point to a resounding win in Sunday’s elections for Takaichi’s conservatives after a honeymoon start.Takaichi, 64, a heavy metal drummer in her youth and an admirer of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, became Japan’s fifth premier in as many years in October.
AloJapan.com