Trump first foreign leader to meet Japan’s new Emperor

JAPAN, (DAILY MAIL), 27 MAY 2019 - President Donald Trump become the first world leader to meet with the new emperor and empress of Japan.

Emperor Naruhito and his wife studied at Oxford and spoke English to the Trumps. In a more formal setting several minutes later, the imperial family spoke to the U.S. president and first lady in Japanese, and the couples conversed through translators.

At Asakaka Palace later in the morning, President Trump said he had ‘fun’ at the welcome ceremony that followed and it was an ‘honor’ Melania and the Empress chatted as they followed their husbands during the welcome ceremony at the Imperial Palace (DM) to be first foreign leader to meet the new emperor. Trump met Naruhito’s father the last time he was in Japan, in November of 2017, on a similar visit.