Tokyo, Oct. 28 -- US President Donald Trump met Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Monday, marking the start of his official engagements in Japan, the second stop on his three-country Asia tour.

During their meeting at the Akasaka Palace, the two leaders discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral ties between the United States and Japan.

Takaichi, pledged to build a "new golden era" of the Japan-US alliance together with Trump, adding the bilateral relationship has now become "the greatest alliance in the world" Japanese state media reported.

Takaichi also praised Trump's role in promoting peace in West Asia and resolving a conflict between Thailand and Cambodia as "unprecedented historic achieveme...