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Has Abe got Trump's measure? Golf diplomacy puts Japan back on the green

Abe hopes Trump's hostile campaign rhetoric against Japan over trade can also be mollified

Donald Trump, Shinzo Abe, White House, US, Japan
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President Donald Trump extends his hand to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Craig Mark | The Conversation
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe managed to be the first foreign leader to visit then president-elect Donald Trump last November. He was already embarking on his activist personal diplomacy to counter the bellicose rhetoric Trump occasionally aimed at Japan during his election campaign, accusing the country of unfair trade practices and currency manipulation, and threatening tariffs against imports.
Trump even implied an end to the US-Japan alliance, stating that Japan, along with other US allies, should develop its own nuclear weapons. But Abe’s first official meeting with President Trump last week –

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