Trump hosts Japan’s Ishiba amid early moves that have rattled some allies

President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump greets troops after speaking at a Memorial Day event aboard the USS Wasp on May 28, 2019, in Yokosuka, Japan. FILE - A supporter of a proposed takeover of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel participates in a rally by U.S. Steel employees in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 4, 2024.

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday, in a visit that Tokyo hopes will reaffirm the U.S.-Japan alliance amid Trump’s early foreign policy moves that have rattled allies and adversaries.