Tag: Japan

First lady Melania Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife Akie show off calligraphy they wrote while posing with schoolchildren during a calligraphy class of the 4th grader at Kyobashi Tsukiji Elementary School in Tokyo. The calligraphy reads: "Peace." (Toshifumi Kitamura/Pool Photo via AP)

Melania Trump learns calligraphy at Tokyo elementary school

Caitlin Yilek · November 6, 2017 1:44 pm

President Trump said the Texas church shooting was not a "guns" issue, it was a "mental health" issue. "I think that mental health is your problem here. This was a very, based on preliminary reports, very deranged individual," he said. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Trump: Texas church shooting was about ‘mental health,’ not guns

Anna Giaritelli · November 6, 2017 1:16 pm

President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a joint news conference at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo. Trump is on a five-country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Trump recalls ‘rocky start’ with Shinzo Abe after ‘golf diplomacy’ in Japan

Pete Kasperowicz · November 6, 2017 12:06 pm

Investigators work at the scene of a deadly shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday Nov. 5, 2017. A man opened fire inside of the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing more than 20 people. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

National Security

Weekend wrap: Trump’s trip and Robert Mueller’s investigation top the news until tragedy strikes in Texas

Kyle Feldscher · November 6, 2017 2:39 am

President Donald Trump, center right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center left, depart after having dinner with their wives at Ginza Ukai Tei restaurant, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump calls for Americans to unite after Texas church shooting: ‘Do what we do best’ and ‘pull together’

Kyle Feldscher · November 6, 2017 12:43 am

"Playing golf with Prime Minister Abe and Hideki Matsuyama, two wonderful people!", Trump tweeted. (Screen shot)

Trump shares video of himself playing golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Daniel Chaitin · November 5, 2017 6:52 am

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at the stage in order to greet the U.S. military personnel and the members of Japan Self Defense Forces upon his arrival at the U.S. Yokota Air Base on the outskirts of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

National Security

Trump begins Asia tour in Japan, signals likely meeting with Vladimir Putin

Daniel Chaitin · November 5, 2017 4:57 am

"There is no cooperation so far," Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin (latter person pictured above), told reporters. "Only periodic exchanges of views." (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin: ‘No cooperation’ with US against North Korea

Joel Gehrke · November 4, 2017 5:25 pm

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, to travel to Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, in Hawaii. Trump begins a 5 country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump announces additional day in the Philippines to participate in East Asia Summit

Diana Stancy Correll · November 4, 2017 12:44 am

When first lady Melania Trump heads over to Japan with the president next week, she will be protected by an all-female police squad. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Melania Trump to be protected by Japan’s first-ever all-female police squad during visit

Caitlin Yilek · November 2, 2017 4:45 pm

Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, speaks during the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mexico mulls other options should NAFTA talks fail

Sean Higgins · October 31, 2017 10:14 pm

Trump is the first president since George H.W. Bush to spend nearly two consecutive weeks in the region. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump won’t be visiting the DMZ when he goes to South Korea

Gabby Morrongiello · October 31, 2017 3:07 pm