I have great confidence in US President-elect Donald Trump: Japan PM Shizo Abe

Japan's PM Shinzo Abe has said he has great confidence in US President-elect Donald Trump and he believes they can build a relationship of trust. Mr Abe described the 90-minute meeting with the US President elect, Donald Trump in New York, as candid, in a warm atmosphere. Some of Mr Trump's campaign rhetorics cast doubt over long-standing US alliances, including with Japan. 

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meeting was Mr Trump's first face-to-face with a world leader since winning the presidential election. The US and Japan have been key allies since the end of World War Two, when the US helped Japan rebuild its economy. The president-elect has vowed to scrap the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, that Mr Abe strenuously supports as a means of countering China's growing economic strength.