The Japanese Prime Minister has resigned, and Trump stated that he was not aware of it.

On September 8, Jin10 reported that regarding the resignation announcement of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who has been in office for less than a year, U.S. President Trump stated during an interview with reporters at the White House on Sunday: “I was not aware of it at all.” Ishiba took office last October and held two face-to-face meetings with Trump, the first in February this year in Washington, and the second during the G7 summit in June at the Canadian resort of Kananaskis. Ishiba and Trump both advocate pursuing a “new golden era” in Japan-U.S. relations.