Trump to meet with Japanese prime minister next week

President-elect Trump will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next Thursday at the request of the foreign leader, who is likely anxious to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership and America’s relationship with Japan with the incoming Republican president.

Abe spoke with Trump by phone Wednesday night after his upset victory in Tuesday’s presidential election. The Japanese leader’s deputy chief cabinet secretary, Koichi Hagiuda, told the New York Times that the two men agreed to meet in New York City next week.