U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to have his first meeting with a world leader since his election. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with Mr. Trump Thursday in New York and is expected to seek reassurances that he remains committed to the U.S.-Japan security alliance. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ahead of a meeting with Donald Trump in New York, said he wants to establish an understanding with the president-elect about the Japanese-U.S. security alliance, which Mr. Abe said is vital to Japanese security. “This is an alliance that lives and breathes only when there is trust, and it is precisely that relationship of trust which I would like to build with President-elect Trump,” Mr. Abe said...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 17, 2016 17:45 UTC