Sep 19 (Japan Today) - The U.S. government is sounding out Japan about a visit by President Donald Trump on Nov 5-7, including a plan to play golf with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on arrival day ahead of formal talks the next day, a diplomatic source said Monday.
Abe and Trump played golf near the U.S. leader's Florida vacation home in February after holding their first meeting in Washington following Trump's swearing in as U.S. president the previous month.
During the envisioned meeting on Nov 6 in the Japanese capital, the two leaders are likely to discuss North Korea's nuclear and missile tests as well as bilateral trade issues, including the U.S. trade deficit with Japan, the source said.
Japan's Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, only said that Tokyo is arranging a schedule with Washington.
Abe was the first Asian leader to hold a meeting with Trump after he became president.
