🔗 Share this article President Trump Greeted by the Japanese Emperor Before Encountering Japan's New Leader Ex-President Donald Trump was given a regal reception on the start of the week in the island nation, the most recent phase of a week-long Asian journey which he hopes to cap with an agreement on a commercial dispute resolution with Chinese president Xi Jinping. Official Meetings Donald Trump, undertaking his most extensive foreign travel since beginning his term in January, revealed arrangements with four nations in Southeast Asia during the initial leg in Malaysia and is projected to meet Xi in South Korea on Thursday. The former leader shook hands with representatives on the landing strip and offered a multiple enthusiastic motions, before his chopper carried him away for a scenic night tour of Japan's capital. His convoy was subsequently observed entering the emperor's residence, where he encountered Japanese monarch Naruhito. Trade Arrangements The former president has already won a $550-billion investment pledge from the Japanese government in exchange for respite from punishing import tariffs. The country's freshly installed leader, Sanae Takaichi, is hoping to further impress Trump with commitments to buy US utility vehicles, soybeans and natural gas, and declare an agreement on vessel manufacturing. Japan's leader, who was appointed as Japan's initial woman prime minister last week, told Trump that strengthening their bilateral relationship was her "top priority" in a telephonic discussion on the weekend. Further News America and China have agreed a outline for a economic arrangement mere days before Donald Trump and Beijing's head Xi Jinping are scheduled to encounter. The economic official the financial leader said the deal, forged on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in the Malaysian nation on Sunday, would remove the threat of the imposition of 100% tariffs on Chinese imports beginning 1 November. Trump has managed the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Bangkok and Cambodia on the initial day of an Asian journey. The American leader landed in the Malaysian nation on Sunday before the regional conference in the capital, the metropolitan center. The Muslim civil rights group has charged the Trump administration of a "clear insult to free speech" after government immigration agents apprehended English correspondent, Sami Hamdi, on the weekend. Donald Trump said he was eagerly awaiting meeting Takaichi, a key partner of his late friend and golfing partner, former prime minister the late prime minister, stating: "I believe she's going to be excellent." Political Statements Furthermore, the former president declared he would rule out running for the vice-presidency in the next election cycle, an idea some of his followers have proposed to enable the Republican president to serve an additional term in office. "I could to take that action," Trump said, in an dialogue with journalists aboard the presidential aircraft. However, he continued: "That's not an option. I think it's overly clever. Indeed, I would reject that possibility because it's too cute. I think the public would object to that. It's excessively tricky. It's not - it wouldn't be proper."