The Heat: Trump’s Japan visit

The Heat

Trump Japan visit

It was a four-day visit filled with pomp and ceremony, a round of golf and even some sumo wrestling. But, behind the warm and friendly relationship between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Donald Trump lay tensions over such issues as trade, the DPRK and Iran.

CGTN’s Terry Terashima has more in this report from Tokyo. 

To discuss all of this:

  • John Sitilides is a geopolitical strategist and consultant to the U.S. State Department.
  • Einer Tangen is political and economic affairs commentator based in Beijing.
  • Shihoko Goto is the deputy director for geo-economics and a Senior Northeast Asia Associate at the Wilson Center.
  • Yoshikazu Kato is an adjunct associate professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Asia Global Institute and a Research Fellow at the Charhar Institute.

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