Trump to Japan: Buy US arms to protect yourself
He earlier gave a scathing critique of the trade relationship between the two countries at a businessmen's meeting
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Japan could protect itself from a nuclear-armed North Korea by buying billions of dollars of American military equipment, drawing an explicit link between trade and security as he began a complex, politically charged tour of Asia.
By turns generous and challenging, Mr Trump saluted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as among his best friends in the club of world leaders. But he railed against what he said were chronic trade imbalances with Japan. And he implicitly acknowledged his disappointment that Mr Abe did not shoot down missiles that North Korea recently fired over Japan.
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