By Tamiyuki Kihara
TOKYO (Reuters) -As Japan’s new premier Sanae Takaichi got to work on Wednesday, her government began finalising a purchase package, including U.S. pickups, soybeans and gas, to present to President Donald Trump in trade and security talks next week, two sources said.
She will not, however, commit to any new defence spending target at the meeting, which comes as Washington presses Japan and other allies to do more, said one of the sources with knowledge of the preparations.
The two leaders will sit down in Tokyo during Trump early next week, in his first visit to Japan since his re-election following an agreement by her predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, to invest as much as $550 billion in the U.S. in return for lower auto tariffs.
Exclusive-Japan’s New Leader to Woo Trump With Pickups and Soybeans
