A key adviser to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has held talks with senior White Home officers and — probably most crucially for Japan — Republican lawmakers and others near President-elect Donald Trump.
Akihisa Nagashima, who holds the put up of particular adviser to Ishiba, met with the lawmakers, officers and others throughout his go to to Washington from Wednesday via Sunday, in line with the International Ministry in Tokyo.
The go to to the U.S. comes on the heels of Ishiba’s aborted try to satisfy with Trump in the USA after the Japanese chief attended summits in South America earlier this month. Nagashima’s journey is anticipated to assist pave the way in which for a future assembly between the 2 allies’ leaders.
