Japan’s Former PM Aso to Meet Trump as US Election Looms (1)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is set to meet former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night in the US, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The visit by Aso, the deputy head of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is the most public sign yet that Tokyo’s positioning for a possible Trump return to the White House, as the ex-president prepares for an electoral rematch against incumbent Joe Biden. TV Tokyo reported the meeting earlier.

Taro Aso

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Aso arrived in the US about a week after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida returned from his first official visit to ...