Japan once planned for Trump to visit Japan before visiting China, but it ultimately fell through.

Trump's visit to China has sparked great attention in Japan. While Trump was returning to the US, Japanese Prime Minister Koike Saori was eager to speak with him on the phone to reaffirm the importance of the alliance. Koike Saori said that she and Trump reiterated the importance of the Japan-US alliance, and both sides look forward to meeting again at the G7 summit in June. In recent days, Trump's visit to China has attracted great attention in Japan, from the government to the public. Japanese media have extensively covered the interactions between China and the US, capturing key information from the meeting of the two leaders and providing analysis. In fact, Japan has always been concerned about being "left out" after the stabilization of US-China relations. Japanese media revealed that the Japanese government had planned to invite Trump to visit Japan before his visit to China, in order to give Koike Saori "the opportunity to convey Japan's position on China to the US side" and showcase the close relationship between the US and Japan, but this plan ultimately fell through.