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Japanese Foreign Minister to Attend Trump\u2019s Inauguration<\/strong><\/p>\n WASHINGTON\/TOKYO:<\/strong> Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is set to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States on January 20. This marks a notable presence as a high-ranking official from a crucial Asian ally will be present at the significant event, according to sources who requested anonymity.<\/p>\n Iwaya has accepted the invitation extended by Trump’s team, confirming reports from Japanese media. His attendance will make him the first member of the Japanese cabinet to witness the swearing-in of a US president, as highlighted by the Nikkei newspaper.<\/p>\n As of now, neither Japan\u2019s embassy in Washington nor officials from Trump\u2019s inauguration team have provided comments regarding the upcoming event.<\/p>\n During his visit, Iwaya plans to meet with Senator Marco Rubio, who is slated to be Trump\u2019s Secretary of State, according to the sources. The minister is expected to express Japan\u2019s desire for an early meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Ishiba had previously sought to meet with Trump shortly after his election defeat of Joe Biden, but had been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n Additionally, Satsuki Katayama, a member of Ishiba\u2019s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is also set to attend the inauguration, having received an invitation from Senator Bill Hagerty, who served as Trump\u2019s ambassador to Japan during his first term.<\/p>\n Iwaya\u2019s attendance will mark his first trip to the United States since becoming foreign minister in October. Japan is keen to reaffirm its strong ties with the US following Trump’s successful reelection campaign.<\/p>\n Prior to attending the inauguration, Iwaya will be visiting South Korea to strengthen security cooperation among the East Asian nations and their mutual ally, the United States, particularly in light of China\u2019s growing influence in the region. However, deepening trilateral security partnerships could face challenges amid the political unrest in South Korea surrounding President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment.<\/p>\n Following South Korea, Iwaya is scheduled to visit the Philippines and the Pacific island nation of Palau, both of which count on the US for economic support and defense.<\/p>\n In related news, the Financial Times reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to send a high-level representative to participate in Trump\u2019s inauguration, possibly Vice President Han Zheng or Foreign Minister Wang Yi.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Japanese Foreign Minister to Attend Trump\u2019s Inauguration WASHINGTON\/TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is set to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States on January 20. This marks a notable presence as a high-ranking official from a crucial Asian ally will be present at the significant event, according to sources who requested<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[5321,1977,5318,5323,5317,5322,5320,5319,1116],"class_list":["post-5098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-foreign-minister-wang-yi","tag-japan","tag-japanese-foreign-minister-takeshi-iwaya","tag-philippines","tag-senator-bill-hagerty","tag-south-korean-president-yoon-suk-yeol","tag-trumps","tag-vice-president-han-zheng","tag-xi-jinping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}