STORY: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday (October 28) joined U.S. President Donald Trump on a scenic helicopter ride over Tokyo to the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, which is home to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, part of the U.S. military's powerful presence in the region.

Takaichi, a protegee of Trump's late friend and golfing buddy, Japanese leader Shinzo Abe, became the second Japanese prime minister to ride the president's helicopter.

During a state visit to the U.S. in 2017, Abe joined Trump on Marine One, the call sign of the Marine Corps aircraft when the President is onboard, a gesture which Japanese media at the time called an 'unusually warm reception".

Earlier in the day, Takaichi repeatedly referenced Abe's affection for Trump and gifted him his putter enclosed in a glass case, a golf bag signed by Japanese major winner Hideki Matsuyama and a gold-leaf golf ball, according to photos posted on X by Trump's assistant Margo Martin.

In July, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also joined Trump on a short helicopter ride from Turnberry to Prestwick airport in Scotland.

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VIDEO SHOWS: U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S MOTORCADE ON STREET IN TOKYO / TRUMP AND JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI BOARDING MARINE ONE HELICOPTER / HELICOPTER LANDING ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER / TAKAICHI AND TRUMP WALKING ON CARRIER / SOUNDBITE FROM TRUMP

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SHOWS: TOKYO, JAPAN (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (NTV/JAPAN - Broadcast: No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from Nippon TV. Digital: No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from NTV)

1. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S MOTORCADE HEADING OUT FROM HOTEL

2. VARIOUS OF TRUMP WAVING TO PEOPLE ON STREET FROM VEHICLE

3. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF MOTORCADE ARRIVING AT HELIPAD

4. TRUMP GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE AND WALKING TOWARDS HELICOPTER

5. AERIAL FOOTAGE SHOWING TRUMP BAORDING HELICOPTER

6. JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE AND WALKING TOWARDS HELICOPTER

7. VARIOUS AERIALS OF HELICOPTER TAKING OFF AND FLYING PAST

YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA PREFECTURE, JAPAN (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (NTV/JAPAN - Broadcast: No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from Nippon TV. Digital: No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from NTV)

8. VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER LANDING ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS GEORGE WASHINGTON

9. TRUMP AND TAKAICHI WALKING ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER WHILE CHATTING AFTER GETTING OFF HELICOPTER

10. TRUMP AND TAKAICHI WALKING ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER / TRUMP SALUTING SOLDIERS

11. TRUMP AND TAKAICHI WATCHING ARMY BAND'S PERFORMANCE

12. TRUMP AND TAKAICHI APPLAUDING / TAKAICHI SMILING

13. TRUMP AND TAKAICHI GREETING SOLDIERS

14. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING AFTER TALKING TO SOLDIERS:

“Thank you very much everybody. Thank you. Going to go down as one of the greatest prime ministers, you watch.”

15. TRUMP AND TAKAICHI WALKING OFF