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    In Trump's Japan Visit, Golf, Sumo Wrestling — And A Raft Of Policy Differences

    A Monday press conference with President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed the two countries struggling to manage differences over issues including Iran, North Korea and trade.
    by Anthony Kuhn May 27, 2019 3 minutes

    The optics and the rhetoric of President Trump's state visit to Japan aimed to show two allies at their closest in history, at the start of a new Japanese emperor's reign. Trump is the first state guest to visit since Emperor Naruhito ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1. On Sunday, he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shared a round of golf, attended a sumo wrestling match and had a barbecue dinner.

    But on Monday, a joint press conference with the two leaders revealed the two countries struggling to manage differences over a raft

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