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.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will go to the White House to try to rekindle Japan’s relationship with President Donald Trump — and to fend off potential tariffs.

"Since it's going to be our first face-to-face meeting, I hope to build trust with him," Ishiba said before leaving Tokyo's Haneda Airport for Washington. Ishiba spent last weeken

Shigeru Ishiba is due in Washington for high-stakes talks on Friday with Donald Trump, where Japan’s prime minister hopes to declare a new golden era for relations but has been briefed to expect an unpredictable US president.