The United States and Japan are aiming to further strengthen their economic and security alliance as Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday heralded what she hoped would be a "new golden age" in bilateral ties.

Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi lavished US leader Donald Trump with praise and vows of a "golden age" of ties on his visit to Tokyo Tuesday, before inking a deal with Washington aimed at securing critical minerals.

Johnson argued Trump "greatly deserves the Nobel Peace Prize," citing his role in brokering a Gaza cease-fire, and said he was working with Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana to gather global support.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday talked up "high-level exchanges" in a call with Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, hinting at a potential meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japan's new premier,

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Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi played the “Shinzo Abe card” in her first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 28, repeatedly invoking the name of her late mentor and Trump’s close friend.