Japan’s super-popular prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, will visit the White House on Thursday, as President Donald Trump looks to allies for military help against Iran.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heading to the White House this week, hoping to leave with assurance that President Donald Trump has her back on trade and international security. The country’s first female prime minister has already proven her Trump-whisperer credentials during the president’s visit to the islands last year,

PM Sanae Takaichi is set to meet with President Donald Trump on March 19

TOKYO, March 19 (Reuters) - Japan has not changed its position on how it determines an existential threat, its top government spokesperson said on Friday, rejecting an assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies of a "significant shift" in its stance on Taiwan.

Iran adds a new layer of difficulty to an increasingly unstable US–Japan relationship, as the Japanese prime minister prepares to visit Washington.

Providing investors with access to the Japanese stock market in a single trade, the iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) was one of the best-performing developed-market funds through early 2026, riding political optimism traders dubbed the “Takaichi trade.

Singapore and Japan established a Strategic Partnership on Mar. 18, in an upgrade of Singapore-Japan relations on its 60th anniversary. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who is on an official visit to Japan from Mar. 17 to 19, signed on the framework with Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi on the second day of his trip.

Japan’s equity investors will closely watch a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Washington on Thursday for possible agreements on economic and military cooperation.