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President Donald Trump was given a royal reception on the start of the week in Japan, the next stop of a week-long Asian journey which he hopes to cap with an agreement on a commercial dispute resolution with Beijing's head of state Xi Jinping.

Official Meetings

The former president, making his lengthiest overseas trip since assuming the presidency in the start of the year, declared deals with multiple Asian nations during the initial leg in the Malaysian nation and is projected to encounter Xi in South Korea on Thursday.

The former leader greeted with dignitaries on the tarmac and gave a few fist pumps, before his chopper whisked him off for a nocturnal sightseeing trip of Tokyo. His official vehicles was afterwards spotted accessing the Imperial Palace grounds, where he encountered Japanese monarch Naruhito.

Economic Agreements

Donald Trump has secured a $550-billion investment pledge from Tokyo in exchange for a break from punishing import tariffs.

Japan's newly elected leader, Sanae Takaichi, is aiming to further impress Trump with promises to purchase US pickup trucks, soybeans and fuel, and announce an deal on maritime construction.

Takaichi, who assumed the role of Japan's initial woman prime minister last week, told Trump that bolstering their bilateral relationship was her "main objective" in a phone conversation on the weekend.

Other Updates

• The US and China have come to terms on a framework for a trade deal only a short time before the former president and Beijing's head Xi Jinping are set to have discussions. The finance chief the treasury head said the arrangement, forged on the margins of the ASEAN summit in the Malaysian nation on Sunday, would eradicate the threat of the application of complete taxes on goods from China commencing 1 November.
• Donald Trump has supervised the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Phnom Penh on the initial day of an Asian journey. The American leader landed in Malaysia on Sunday before the ASEAN summit in the main city, Malaysia's capital.
• The council of American-Islamic relations has accused the Trump administration of a "clear insult to liberty of speech" after government immigration agents arrested British journalist, the journalist, on the weekend.

Trump said he was anticipating encountering Takaichi, a strong supporter of his passed away associate and golfing partner, previous leader former PM Abe, adding: "I think she's going to be excellent."

Political Statements

In other, Trump announced he would rule out running for the vice president role in the next election cycle, an concept some of his supporters have floated to allow the conservative head to hold office an additional term in government.

"I could to pursue that path," Trump said, in an dialogue with journalists within the official plane.

However, he continued: "I wouldn't do that. I believe it's excessively tricky. Yeah, I would rule that out because it's too cute. I believe the citizens would disapprove of that. It's overly clever. It's not - it could not be considered proper."