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Trump Hails US Alliance With Japan

US President Donald Trump, left, and Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, during a signing ceremony for a document on the implementation of the US-Japan trade deal at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo. 

Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

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