US EditionTrump, Takaichi agree on rare earth, critical minerals supply
- On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, President Donald Trump met Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, where the leaders signed trade and critical minerals agreements.
- Beijing this month announced sweeping restrictions on the rare earths industry, prompting President Donald Trump to threaten 100% tariffs and the United States to diversify mineral supplies.
- The second agreement establishes a framework to boost rare-earth supply and production between the United States and Japan, while the July trade deal includes a $550 billion investment.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to reach two percent of GDP on defence spending this year, two years ahead of schedule, while the United States, with around 60,000 military personnel in Japan, wants Tokyo to match NATO's five percent pledge.
- President Donald Trump arrived in Tokyo on Monday as part of a three-nation Asia tour that seeks a China trade deal, and he is due to meet Xi Jinping on Thursday in South Korea, where negotiators say a framework has been agreed.
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Pacific drift: Why Europe needs a Japan strategy for the Takaichi-Trump era
Cover image: picture alliance / Kyodo In October 2025, Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female prime minister. Journalists and Japan-watchers in Tokyo and overseas wondered what her conservative approach would mean for the country’s increasingly assertive and strategic foreign policy. Within days, Takaichi’s meeting with US president Donald Trump provided the answer. His visit to Tokyo was celebrated by both governments as demonstrating the “…
Donald in Japan by Prime Minister Takaichi: agreements on defense and rare lands. Tomorrow the meeting with Xi
October 28, 2025 – Tokyo – EFE. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and US President Donald Trump met this Tuesday in Tokyo and pledged to push their bilateral alliance towards what they both called “a new golden era,” a compromise that takes place within the framework of the signing of new agreements and trade negotiations. This meeting, held at the Akasaka State Guest Palace, was the first face-to-face meeting between Takaichi and Trump sin…
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