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Waziri Mkuu wa Japan Shinzo Abe atarajiwa kuwa kiongozi wa kwanza kukutana na Rais Mteule wa Marekani Bwana Donald Trump kwa pamoja Watajadili Sera za Nje za Mataifa hayo.
Wakati wa kampeni Bwana Trump aliwahi kusema kuwa mataifa ya Japan na Korea Kusini yanatakiwa kulipa zaidi ili kuyafanya majeshi ya Marekani yaendelee kuwepo katika ardhi ya Bara la Asia.
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is set to become the first foreign leader to meet US President-elect Donald Trump, since the election last week.
The meeting in New York comes amid concern over the future foreign policy direction of Tokyo's biggest ally.
During the campaign Mr Trump said Japan and South Korea needed to pay more to maintain US troops on Asian soil.
He also condemned a major trade deal struck by President Obama with Japan and other Pacific Rim countries.
The US and Japan have been key allies since the end of World War Two, when the US helped Japan rebuild its economy.
But details of Thursday's meeting are unclear, with a Japanese official saying exactly where it will happen has not been firmed up.
"There has been a lot of confusion," a Japanese official told Reuters news agency.
'Safeguarding the alliance'
The BBC's Paul Adams in Washington says Mr Trump has toned down some of his more strident rhetoric since the election, but that hasn't stopped observers wondering whether the fundamentals of post-war US policy on Asia can survive.
The US-Japan security alliance
Donald Trump has suggested the US could pull troops out if Japan does not start paying more for them. Tokyo currently spends $1.7bn (£1.3bn) on their support, including the costs of running US bases, which are unpopular with many in Okinawa where most are located.
China
Both men distrust Beijing, but the focus of their concern is different. Mr Trump accuses China of engaging in the biggest "theft" of US jobs in history, by exploiting "terrible" trade deals he will renegotiate or rip up. For Mr Abe the main concern is likely to be Beijing's increasingly aggressive tone towards territory Japan controls but which China also claims.
Trade
Japan is an export-led economy, heavily dependent on trade. It needs the US to stay open to its products and to back trade deals that keep other countries open to them too. Mr Trump has expressed concerns about Japanese imports and has promised to ditch the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, even though many saw it as a way to contain China, which is working on a rival deal.
Chanzo: BBC
Wakati wa kampeni Bwana Trump aliwahi kusema kuwa mataifa ya Japan na Korea Kusini yanatakiwa kulipa zaidi ili kuyafanya majeshi ya Marekani yaendelee kuwepo katika ardhi ya Bara la Asia.
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is set to become the first foreign leader to meet US President-elect Donald Trump, since the election last week.
The meeting in New York comes amid concern over the future foreign policy direction of Tokyo's biggest ally.
During the campaign Mr Trump said Japan and South Korea needed to pay more to maintain US troops on Asian soil.
He also condemned a major trade deal struck by President Obama with Japan and other Pacific Rim countries.
The US and Japan have been key allies since the end of World War Two, when the US helped Japan rebuild its economy.
But details of Thursday's meeting are unclear, with a Japanese official saying exactly where it will happen has not been firmed up.
"There has been a lot of confusion," a Japanese official told Reuters news agency.
'Safeguarding the alliance'
The BBC's Paul Adams in Washington says Mr Trump has toned down some of his more strident rhetoric since the election, but that hasn't stopped observers wondering whether the fundamentals of post-war US policy on Asia can survive.
The US-Japan security alliance
Donald Trump has suggested the US could pull troops out if Japan does not start paying more for them. Tokyo currently spends $1.7bn (£1.3bn) on their support, including the costs of running US bases, which are unpopular with many in Okinawa where most are located.
China
Both men distrust Beijing, but the focus of their concern is different. Mr Trump accuses China of engaging in the biggest "theft" of US jobs in history, by exploiting "terrible" trade deals he will renegotiate or rip up. For Mr Abe the main concern is likely to be Beijing's increasingly aggressive tone towards territory Japan controls but which China also claims.
Trade
Japan is an export-led economy, heavily dependent on trade. It needs the US to stay open to its products and to back trade deals that keep other countries open to them too. Mr Trump has expressed concerns about Japanese imports and has promised to ditch the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, even though many saw it as a way to contain China, which is working on a rival deal.
Chanzo: BBC
