Follow live updates as President Donald Trump visits Japan and meets with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as part of his weeklong trip to Asia.

Japan’s recently elected first female premier met the U.S. President on Tuesday to try to set a new tone for U.S.-Japan relations.

US president Donald Trump heaped praise on Japan's first female leader Sanae Takaichi and said the Asian nation will become a U.S. “ally at the strongest level” as he signed deals on rare earths and trade.

Her social media post about visiting Japanese war memorials in Kuala Lumpur, where she commemorated Japanese "ancestors who lost their lives in Malaysia," has drawn sharp criticism from Malaysians who view her remarks as tone-deaf given Japan's brutal World War II occupation of the country.

In a statement, Takaichi spent five minutes at the Japanese Cemetery and 10 minutes at the National Monument. She laid a wreath at the latter site to honour the fallen. US President Donald Trump said the first day of the ASEAN Summit was "an incredibly successful day for Malaysia...

Takaichi said that the cherry trees would be gifted in recognition of America’s 250th anniversary next year and would bolster a new “golden age” of US-Japan relations.

President Donald Trump met new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Oct. 28 and said the U.S. is an “ally at the strongest level.”

President Donald Trump arrived in Japan to meet with Emperor Naruhito and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to discuss trade, investment and defense.