'Pineapple Pen' star to serenade Trump on Japan visit
[TOKYO] US President Donald Trump will be serenaded with a bizarre hit song about a "pen-pineapple-apple-pen" on his visit to Japan next week.
Japan will roll out wacky crooner Pikotaro - whose 45-second "PPAP" ditty went viral last year after being shared by pop star Justin Bieber - when MR Trump comes to town at the start of an Asian tour, Kyodo News agency reported.
The singer, apparently a favourite of Mr Trump's grandchildren, will attend a dinner hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, government sources told Kyodo.
Arabella Kushner, the six-year-old daughter of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, was seen singing along to the tune in a clip shared on Instagram in November by her mother.
The repetitive earworm, whose video features the dancing Pikotaro dressed in his garish animal-print costume, set a Guinness World Record as the shortest song to break into the Billboard Hot 100.
Mr Trump is also set to play a round of golf with Japanese pro Hideki Matsuyama during his visit.
AFP
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