Trump, Takaichi Vow to Deepen Security Ties on US Carrier (1)

President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to tighten security cooperation and increase defense funding as they visited the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at a US naval base south of Tokyo, an event designed to underscore ties between the countries.

“The cherished alliance between the United States and Japan is one of the most remarkable relationships in the entire world, really,” Trump said at the event at the Yokosuka Naval Base, the home of the US Seventh Fleet.

The US president said he had just approved the first “batch of missiles” for Japan’s F-35 fighters.

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