President Trump is hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday, the second visit from a foreign head of state after the Israeli PM's visit earlier this week. Around 1:00 pm,

Another sensitive issue Ishiba was expected to address in the leaders’ private talkswas Japan’s Nippon Steel’s efforts to win approval for a $14.1 billion acquisition of the

"We love Japan!" Trump said as he greeted Ishiba and the two shook hands. Trump later told reporters at they sat together in the Oval Office that the two countries would work together to get U.S. trade deficit with Japan down to "even.