‘You’ll be one of the great prime ministers’: Trump tells Japan’s Takaichi as she praises his Gaza Peace plan
Takaichi kicked off the meeting with a warm welcome of the US president and said that she hoped the meeting would mark “a new golden age of the Japan-US alliance.”
October 28, 2025 08:52 AM IST
First published on: Oct 28, 2025 at 07:39 AM IST
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US President Donald Trump, center, and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, right, arrive for the Japan-US summit meeting at Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo, Japan. (AP)
US President Donald Trump, who is on a trip to Japan, met Japan’s first woman Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday and said that he has “always had a great love and respect for Japan”.
Takaichi kicked off the meeting with a warm welcome of the US president and said that she hoped the meeting would mark “a new golden age of the Japan-US alliance”. During the meeting, Trump told Takaichi that becoming the nation’s first woman Prime Minister was “a big deal” and that she would become “one of the great Prime Ministers” of Japan.
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Takaichi also praised Trump’s peace efforts in the middle east during the Gaza war between the Hamas and Israel. As Trump and Takaichi shook hands on Tuesday, the US president remarked, “That’s a very strong handshake.” Takaichi mentioned her mentor and deceased former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was elemental in forging a strong with Trump during first tenure. “As a matter of fact, Prime Minister Abe often told me about your dynamic diplomacy,” she said.
.@POTUS to Prime Minister @takaichi_sanae: "I have always had a great love of Japan, and a great respect of Japan… anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there. We are an ally at the strongest level." pic.twitter.com/roi25p9qyM
Putting an emphasis on the US commitment to Japan, Trump praised the new Japanese prime minister and added, “Anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there. We are an ally at the strongest level.” Both the leaders signed an agreement to implement “golden age” of their nations’ alliance.
The White House announced that US and Japan have signed minerals and rare earths framework agreement on Tuesday during a bilateral meeting between Trump and Takaichi in Tokyo. A joint statement read, “The agreement will help both countries to strengthen economic security, promote economic growth, and thereby continuously lead to global prosperity.”
Japan’s new PM Takaichi also nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, saying, “In such a short period of time the world started to enjoy more peace. I myself was so impressed and inspired by you Mr. President.”
The gathering in Tokyo was also a moment for Trump to celebrate an expanded ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, wherein the US president had threatened both the countries to stop their skirmish or America would withhold trade agreements with them.
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US President Donald Trump, center, and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, right, arrive for the Japan-US summit meeting at Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) 
