: U.S. President Donald Trump was welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday (October 28), a week after the hardline conservative became Japan’s first female leader and vowed to accelerate a military buildup. Trump was last at the palace, an ornate residence built in a European style, in 2019 for talks with late prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022, two years after leaving office.

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TOKYO, JAPAN (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (U.S. NETWORK POOL - No use USA)

1. U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, ENTERING AKASAKA PALACE, SHAKING HANDS WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SANAE TAKAICHI / TRUMP SPEAKING / TAKAICHI SPEAKING / TAKAICHI USHERING TRUMP TO TAKE PHOTOS IN FRONT OF U.S. AND JAPANESE FLAGS

2. TRUMP SHAKING HANDS WITH TAKAICHI AND POSING FOR MEDIA / TRUMP SAYING (English): "Very strong handshake" / TRUMP AND TAKAICHI'S HANDS

3. TRUMP AND TAKAICHI SPEAKING WHILE POSING FOR MEDIA / TRUMP AND TAKAICHI WALKING AWAY

During their meeting, Takaichi said Trump's role in securing ceasefires between Cambodia and Thailand, and between Israel and Palestinian militants, were "unprecedented" achievements. She also stated her desire to realise a new "golden age" of the Japan-U.S. alliance. (7222-USA-TRUMP/JAPAN-TAKAICHI-UPDATE)

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4. VARIOUS OF TRUMP SALUTING DURING U.S. ANTHEM, TAKAICHI STANDING NEXT TO HIM

5. TRUMP AND TAKAICHI DURING DURING JAPANESE ANTHEM

6. TRUMP AND TAKAICHI INSPECTING HONOUR GUARDS

7. TRUMP SHAKING HANDS WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER, TOSHIMITSU MOTEGI; FINANCE MINISTER, SATSUKI KATAYAMA; AND TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER, RYOSEI AKAZAWA

8. TRUMP AND TAKAICHI ENTERING MEETING ROOM

9. TRUMP AND TAKAICHI TAKING SEATS

10. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SANAE TAKAICHI, SAYING:

"I often heard from Prime Minister (Shinzo) Abe about President Trump’s dynamic diplomacy. You contributed to Asia’s peace, including helping bring about a ceasefire deal between Thailand and Cambodia, and more recently the agreement in the Middle East, which was an unprecedented historic achievement.”

11. U.S. AND JAPANESE DELEGATIONS SITTING AT TABLE

12. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SANAE TAKAICHI, SAYING:

“In order to make Japan and the United States stronger and more prosperous, I want to work together with President Trump to build a new golden age of the Japan–U.S. alliance. Thank you.”

13. U.S. AND JAPANESE DELEGATIONS SITTING AT TABLE

Trump in turn lavished praise on Takaichi, a protégé of Trump's late friend and golfing buddy, Abe, and welcomed her pledge to accelerate a military buildup. (7227-USA-TRUMP/JAPAN-MEETING-RESTRICTED)

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14. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"I know that you are increasing your military capacity, very substantially and we've received your orders for a very large amount of new military equipment. And you know that we make the best military equipment."

15. TAKAICHI SPEAKING

16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

“He (Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe) spoke so well of you, long before we met, and I’m not surprised to see that you’re now the Prime Minister, and he (Abe) would be very happy to know that. And I congratulate you on behalf of the United States of America.”

17. U.S. AND JAPANESE DELEGATIONS SITTING AT TABLE

Trump also congratulated Takaichi on becoming Japan's first female leader, declaring his confidence that she would do a "fantastic job" and that they would have a "fantastic relationship". (7273-USA-TRUMP/JAPAN-MEETING-MORE-RESTRICTED)

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18. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"And it’s a great honour to be with you, especially so early in what will be, I think, one of the greatest prime ministers... I think you’ll be one of the great… everything I know, from Shinzo (Abe) and others, you will be one of the great prime ministers. I’d also like to congratulate you on being the first woman prime minister, that’s a big deal and I want to congratulate you on that. I think that has to be called out and you’re going to do a fantastic job, and we’re going to have a fantastic relationship. Thank you very much."

19. TRUMP AND DELEGATION LISTENING

Among the gifts offered up by Takaichi to Trump in their first meeting was a putter used by Abe, according to photos posted on X by Trump's assistant Margo Martin. Displayed in a glass case alongside a gold-leaf golf ball and bag signed by Japanese major winner Hideki Matsuyama, the club was just one of a litany of references to Trump's bond with Abe that underpinned ties between the countries during his first term. (7241-USA-TRUMP/JAPAN-ABE)

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20. TAKAICHI SHOWING TRUMP A GOLF BAG SIGNED BY JAPANESE GOLFER, HIDEKI MATSUYAMA, A GOLD LEAF GOLF BALL AND ABE'S PUTTER DURING THEIR MEETING AT AKASAKA PALACE

The leaders then signed an agreement to support the supply of critical minerals and rare earths, as the countries seek to wean reliance off China's chokehold on the materials crucial for a wide range of products from smartphones to fighter jets. The deal aims to jointly identify projects of interest in areas such as magnets and batteries over the next six months and work together to develop stockpiles of key minerals among other measures. (7223-USA-TRUMP/JAPAN-SIGNING)

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21. VARIOUS OF TRUMP AND TAKAICHI SIGNING DOCUMENTS FOR THE “IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENT TOWARDS A NEW GOLDEN AGE FOR THE JAPAN-U.S. ALLIANCE”

22. VARIOUS OF TRUMP AND TAKAICHI STANDING UP AND TRADING SIGNED DOCUMENTS

Takaichi joined 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. (7272-USA-TRUMP/JAPAN-TAKAICHI-HELICOPTER)

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23. VARIOUS AERIALS OF HELICOPTER CARRYING TRUMP AND TAKAICHI TAKING OFF, FLYING AND LANDING ON DECK OF THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON

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

25. VARIOUS OF TRUMP AND TAKAICHI GREETING SOLDIERS

26. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: (CONTINUOUS WITH PREVIOUS SHOT)

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

Takaichi joined Trump on stage aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier, with Trump introducing her to an audience of military personnel as Japan's "new and incredible prime minister". (7263-USA-TRUMP/JAPAN-NAVY-TRUMP / 7281-USA-TRUMP/JAPAN-TAKAICHI-SPEECH)

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27. TRUMP ARRIVING AT THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS GEORGE WASHINGTON AT THE U.S. NAVY'S YOKOSUKA BASE

28. TRUMP INTERACTING WITH TROOPS AND WALKING TO STAGE

29. U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY, PETE HEGSETH, LOOKING ON

30. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"Japan respects us. If you see what's going on all over the world, they're respecting us again. They respect us like never before. The treatment they gave me all over as I go around to different countries is great. But it's really a respect for me, but it's a bigger respect for our country. They respect our country again."

31. TROOPS LISTENING

32. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"The first female prime minister in the history of Japan. Madam Prime Minister, please, say a few words."

33. TAKAICHI JUMPING AND WAVING FIST WHILE TRUMP SPEAKS

34. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SANAE TAKAICHI, SAYING:

"We are now facing a security environment of unprecedented severity. Peace is defended not just through words, but by resolute determination and actions."

35. TAKAICHI SPEAKING

36. TAKAICHI BOWING, WAVING, EMBRACING TRUMP / TAKAICHI AND TRUMP WALKING AWAY