Trump Hosts Japanese PM for White House Dinner After Long Day of Bilateral Talks

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to the White House on Thursday for dinner after a full day of discussions and negotiations. “Tonight, I am delighted to welcome a great friend and partner for her very first visit to the White House,” Trump said. “We’ve become very close, so close that I endorsed her for her election.” He congratulated the prime minister on her resounding victory and forecast a mutually beneficial working relationship. “Americans and Japanese come from opposite sides of the globe, but since the earliest days of commerce between our countries, we always recognized that despite our differences, we share a great deal in common,” Trump said....