How Japan’s New Prime Minister Bonded With Trump

President Trump met with Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday. Javier C. Hernández, The Times’s Tokyo bureau chief, looks at their chemistry, given the friendship Mr. Trump had with her mentor, the slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

By Javier C. Hernández, Nailah Morgan, Christina Shaman and Jon Hazell

October 29, 2025