According to the Japanese Economic News, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has rejected the U.S. request to stop importing Russian energy.

On October 28, local time, High Market Early Says held a meeting with U.S. President Trump in the reception hall of³àÛà in Tokyo.

On October 28th, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshida Yoshida met with U.S. President Trump.

According to reports, Japanese government officials said on the 29th that Takashi Saami said during his talks with Trump that it would be difficult to ban the import of Russian liquefied natural gas. She asked the United States to understand Japan's energy needs.

Russian LNG accounts for nearly 9% of Japan's total LNG imports, and Japan's Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corporation both hold shares in the "Sakhalin 2" project.

Sakhalin 2 is a offshore oil and gas development project on the mainland shelf of Russia¡¯s Far East Sakhalin Island, operated jointly by Russia¡¯s Gas Industry Corporation (50%), Shell (27.5%) and Japan¡¯s Mitsubishi Group (10%).

Prior to Trump¡¯s visit to Asia this week, the United States urged Japan and other countries to stop importing Russian energy, and imposed sanctions on Moscow¡¯s two largest oil exporters, Russian Petroleum Corporation and Luke Petroleum, to force the Kremlin to negotiate to end the conflict in Russia and Ukraine.

On October 28, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting U.S. President Trump delivered a speech at the U.S. military base in Yokohama.

At the end of the speech, Trump gave a speech to the audience, whispering his right hand with a smile on his face.After the speech, Trump hugged his ears with a smile, and both took their hands down.

The interactive videos of the two on the table sparked a heated debate on social media, with Japanese netizens saying high-market early-time moves are exaggerated. Japanese netizens rated high-market performance "look like Trump's fanatical supporters."

It was also reported that Trump had lunch with Takashi Zaumi during his visit to Japan. What is intriguing is that Japanese rice did not appear on the table, but instead American beef and American rice were provided. In Japan, rice is far more than just a staple food, but also a symbol of national identity. Many Japanese take deep pride in the locally grown rice.

Trump and Goldman Sachs arrive at U.S. military base in Japan

Providing American-made rice may be regarded as a deliberate move to please Trump. Trump has long urged Japan to buy more American rice, even threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese food exports to accuse Japan of refusing to buy American-grown rice.

In addition, according to the White House press secretary, during the talks on the 28th, Takashi Takashi told Trump that she had nominated him as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump has publicly expressed his desire for the award, and Takichi Saami is the latest national leader to advocate that a U.S. president should receive the award. The move is understood to have become a common tactic to flatter Trump, especially when trade negotiations are pending.

Source: Chongqing Street Governor, Red Star News, New York Times

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Media: The high market laughed a day after Trump declared to the world "America is back"

In the afternoon of October 28, local time in Japan, the U.S. President Donald Trump's special aircraft slowly landed at Tokyo's Haneda airport, Japanese Prime Minister Ho Chi Minh was welcomed under the ladder, and the two smiled coldly and shrugged hands. This was the first visit to Asia after Trump returned to the White House. and this time will be held by Ho Chi Minh in the Prime Minister's official residence with Trump, this is the first formal meeting facing the two, and also the Ho Chi Minh's diplomatic "first show". This meeting with the theme of "strengthening alliance, jointly building a free and open Indo-Pacific region", marks the key point in the U.S. relations in a new round of Indo-Pacific strategy.

However, on the same day of the Tokyo talks, mass protests broke out across Japan. People hand-held slogans such as "against Japan-U.S. alliance", "not welcome Trump", and cried out slogans such as "against war" and "reject military expansion". Police on the sceneined order, and both sides were pushed. The noise in the streets of Tokyo and the ceremonial smile inside the prime minister's residence, formed two very different tones of this visit.

According to CCTV news reports, after arriving in Tokyo, Trump first went to the Yokosuka base of the US military stationed in Japan, boarded the US aircraft carrier USS George Washington with Takashi Saami, and delivered a speech to the US military stationed in Japan. In his speech, Trump reiterated that the US-Japan alliance "is the strongest security bond in the world" and said that Japan "is one of the most trustworthy allies of the United States."

In his speech, Trump still improvised in his usual personal style. In this speech, Trump praised takaichi sanae as a "winner" and "Japan's first true female prime minister". After listening to this, Takashi waved his right hand with a smile on his face and rotated in a circle to greet the audience. This scene was also filmed, and the video was then widely spread on Japanese social media.

According to the Global Times quoted Japanese media reports, many Japanese netizens reacted differently to this speech and other occasions during Trump's visit to Japan. Some commentators criticized her for being "flattery" and "unethical." Some people believed that the prime minister should not behave like a "supporter" of Trump; some netizens also believed that this kind of "close diplomacy" would help bring the two countries closer and strive for greater security interests for Japan. Although most of the commentators believed that Takashi Zaomiao's performance was "overly flattering," during the first meeting,"it was also a strategic weapon." Judging from the results,"Trump was obviously very happy."

Inside the aircraft carrier, Trump and Takaichi Sanae gave speeches to American soldiers (Source: Global Times)

In contrast to the hot scene on the aircraft carrier deck in the Gulf of Tokyo, the protests of the protesters gathered outside the prime minister's residence.

According to Xinhua and Central Television news reports, on the afternoon of October 28, dozens of protesters from all over Japan gathered in front of the Tokyo Prime Minister's official residence, carrying banners and badges such as "against the Japan-US security alliance", "not welcome Trump", "against war talks", and shouting slogans.

Fu Jianzhong, a member of the "Implementation Committee against Trump's Visit to Japan", said in an interview on the spot that the United States launched a tariff war and weaponized tariffs, which was "a naked act of violence that violated the principle of economic globalization", and the so-called "free and open Indo-Pacific region" was actually a means for the United States and Japan to seek hegemony. "Japan should adhere to independent diplomacy instead of getting involved in the military strategy of the United States."

Demonstrators held slogans "Trump is not welcome"(Photo source: Xinhuanet)

In Okinawa, protests from local people are even stronger. For a long time, Okinawa has been one of the areas with the most intensive activities of US troops stationed in Japan. Problems such as noise pollution, traffic accidents, sexual assault and violence occur frequently, becoming the focus of long-standing grievances in Japanese society. Naito, a protester who once lived in Okinawa, held high the slogan "Oppose Making War" at the rally and denounced "the strengthening of the military alliance between Japan and the United States will only continue to harm the people of Okinawa."

Tokyo citizen Iwagami said in an interview: "The revision of the 'Three Security Documents' completely violates Japan's pacifist constitution. When prices are high and the economy is unstable, the government still uses people's tax dollars to buy weapons, which is forcing people to pay for the military industry. Arms expansion will only aggravate regional tensions."

These protests reflect profound differences in security policy within Japanese society¡ªJapan is experiencing a struggle between philosophy and reality between a ¡°peaceful constitution¡± and ¡°real security.¡±

Japanese people hold protest rallies and demonstrations (Source: Central TV Network)

During Trump's last administration, Japan-US relations formed a relatively stable "personal friendship diplomacy" model under the impetus of Shinzo Abe. Today, Takaichi Sanae is trying to inherit this tradition and consolidate Japan-US cooperation with a "more pragmatic" attitude.

According to Central TV news reports, during the summit, the two sides focused on defense, economic and regional security issues. Trump welcomed Japan to expand procurement of U.S. defense equipment, and explicitly supported Japan's early achievement of the goal of "defense expenses accounting for GDP (GDP) 2%".

The diplomatic background of Trump's visit to Japan this time is the background for the U.S. government to re-strengthen its "Indo-Pacific Strategy." Since Trump returned to the White House, the Trump administration has significantly adjusted its diplomatic focus and made containing China's influence one of its core goals.

Japan is regarded as a key fulcrum in this strategy. After taking office, Takaichi Sanae made a positive statement, declaring that Japan "will continue to join hands with the United States to defend a free and open Indo-Pacific order" and plans to increase the defense budget and strengthen security cooperation with Australia and India.

From the protests in the streets of Tokyo to the smiles on the aircraft carrier, the diplomatic campaign was suspended, but for Japan, a series of chain reactions had just begun.

For the United States, Trump declared to the world that "America is back" through this visit; As far as Japan is concerned, takaichi sanae tried to prove himself as the most strategic leader after Abe with diplomatic initiative. However, in the reality of public protests, peace constitution and security anxiety, Japan's diplomatic road is doomed to be unsmooth.

Trump¡¯s visit to Japan may only be a scene of an East Asian game, but in the U.S.-led security system, how would Japan define its ¡°independence¡±? In international politics, Japan may have won the ¡°ally¡¯s trust¡±; but at home, it is losing part of the people¡¯s confidence.