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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on May 24, 2019, 06:05:29 pm
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Trump returns to Japan for a visit heavy on sumo and symbolism
Noah Bierman, Victoria Kim
Trump returns to Japan for a visit heavy on sumo and symbolism
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President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands during a meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., on April 17, 2018. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)
President Trump leaves Friday for his second trip to Japan — with a return visit planned next month — as both governments seek to repair an alliance that has seen cracks in the last two years.
The three-day visit will feature several firsts, including the first meeting between newly crowned Emperor Naruhito and a foreign leader, and the first appearance by a U.S. president at a sumo match as part of a state visit.
A longtime fan of American-style professional wrestling, Trump — then a New York businessman — famously helped shave WWE promoter Vince McMahon’s head after a 2007 WrestleMania event.
Read more at: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2019/05/24/Report-Japan-PM-Abe-considering-visit-to-Iran-as-early-as-mid-June.html (https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2019/05/24/Report-Japan-PM-Abe-considering-visit-to-Iran-as-early-as-mid-June.html)