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Former President Donald Trump was given a royal greeting on Monday in Japan, the next stop of a five-day Asia trip which he aspires to cap with an arrangement on a commercial dispute resolution with Beijing's head of state Xi Jinping.

Official Meetings

The former president, undertaking his most extensive foreign travel since beginning his term in January, announced agreements with four Southeast Asian countries during the first stop in Malaysia and is anticipated to encounter Xi in Seoul on later this week.

The former leader greeted with representatives on the airport runway and displayed a few fist pumps, before his chopper whisked him off for a picturesque evening excursion of Japan's capital. His official vehicles was subsequently observed accessing the Imperial Palace grounds, where he met Japanese emperor Naruhito.

Trade Arrangements

Donald Trump has obtained a $550-billion investment pledge from Tokyo in exchange for a break from strict customs taxes.

The nation's recently appointed premier, Sanae Takaichi, is striving to additionally wow Trump with commitments to acquire US pickup trucks, agricultural products and gas, and reveal an deal on maritime construction.

Japan's leader, who was appointed as Japan's first female premier last week, told Trump that strengthening their countries' alliance was her "primary focus" in a phone conversation on Saturday.

Additional Developments

• America and China have reached consensus a structure for a commercial agreement only a short time before Donald Trump and Beijing's head Xi Jinping are due to meet. The finance chief the treasury head said the arrangement, created on the periphery of the ASEAN meeting in Malaysia on Sunday, would eradicate the threat of the imposition of complete taxes on Beijing's exports starting on early November.
• Trump has managed the signing of a peace arrangement between Thailand and Cambodia on the first day of an Asia tour. The US president arrived in the Malaysian nation on Sunday before the regional conference in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
• The Muslim civil rights group has charged the Trump administration of a "obvious offense to liberty of speech" after federal immigration authorities arrested British journalist, Sami Hamdi, on the weekend.

Trump said he was eagerly awaiting encountering the prime minister, a close ally of his passed away associate and golfing partner, ex-premier former PM Abe, remarking: "I think she'll become outstanding."

Official Comments

In other, the former president stated he would rule out running for the vice president role in the 2028 US election, an concept some of his followers have suggested to enable the conservative head to hold office an extra period in government.

"It would be permissible to do that," Trump said, in an conversation with journalists aboard the official plane.

However, he continued: "That's not an option. In my opinion it's excessively tricky. Yes, I would reject that possibility because it's too cute. In my opinion the citizens would disapprove of that. It's overly clever. It isn't - it would not constitute right."