1. Takaichi welcomed Trump at the State Guest House in Tokyo Tuesday morning. They received a salute from a ceremonial guard of honor with Japan’s Self-Defense Forces. Soon after, the two leaders sat down for their first face-to-face meeting.
2. The top finance officials of Japan and the United States have reaffirmed that the two countries will continue their close cooperation. Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki met US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for the first time on Monday. Bessent is accompanying President Donald Trump on his visit to Japan. The meeting lasted for about an hour.
3. A Japanese government report says a record high number of people applied for workers’ compensation for mental-health disorders in fiscal 2024. This year’s white paper on “karoshi” – the Japanese term for death from work – was approved in a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The report says 3,780 people claimed that they developed mental-health issues due to job-related extreme stress and applied for workers’ compensation. It says 1,055 of those applicants, which is also an all-time high, were deemed eligible for compensation.