When Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on Friday, it will be hard to ignore comparisons to the many visits made by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during Trump’s first term. This is a tricky position for Ishiba, as it’s unlikely that any current Japanese leader, or foreign leader for that matter, could replicate the close rapport Abe had with Trump.
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