Japan’s new leader to woo Trump with pickups and soybeans

As Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi got to work on Wednesday, her government began finalising a purchase package, including US pickups, soybeans and gas, to present to President Donald Trump in trade and security talks next week, two sources said. She will not, however, commit to any new defence spending target at the meeting, which comes as Washington presses Japan and other allies to do more, said one of the sources with knowledge of the preparations. The two leaders will sit down in Tokyo early next week during Trump’s first visit to Japan since his re-election following an agreement by Takaichi’s predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, to invest as much as $550 billion in the US in return for lower auto tariffs....