Xi Jinping will visit the United States. Former Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae meets with Trump first to emphasize the US-Japan alliance.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan will arrive in the United States on September 23, EST, for a state visit. Before the "Trump-Xi meeting" begins, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will meet with U.S. President Trump during the United Nations General Assembly in the United States. This will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two after half a year since the meeting in Washington in March this year.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, because Takaichi Sanae had previously made remarks related to "Taiwan has something going on" in Congress, China put pressure on Japan, and Japan-China relations did not improve at all during the United Nations General Assembly. Trump and Sanae Takaichi both praised the good cooperative relationship between Japan and Japan, and Takaichi expressed his expectation that U.S.-Japan relations will continue to deepen.

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Trump said at the beginning of the meeting: "It is an honor to meet her. She is my friend. Over the past period of time, we have a deep understanding of each other." Trump also praised Takaichi for his "very outstanding results" and said that Takaichi would "leave his name in history" as an extremely excellent Japanese prime minister in the future, and described Takaichi as "strong and smart".

Sanae Takaichi emphasized that at a time when the security environment in Asia is becoming increasingly severe, the fact that the leaders of the United States and Japan held talks at the United Nations Headquarters has the significance of showing the international community the close relationship between Japan and the United States. Takaichi also told Trump that the United States and Japan have made progress in economic security cooperation, and specifically mentioned areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors and critical minerals, but Takaichi Sanae did not disclose specific details.

Kenneth Weinstein, chairman of Japan affairs at the Hudson Institute, a think tank in Washington, said Sanae Takaichi has a close relationship with Trump and is likely to reaffirm the U.S.-Japan alliance during the talks as a buffer to contain Xi Jinping. "She hopes President Trump will send a clear signal to Xi Jinping that there is no distance between the United States and Japan on a series of key issues," Weinstein said.