Conservative Sanae Takaichi praised Trump’s work in brokering the ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, as well as the “unprecedented historic achievement” in the Middle East.
The new Prime Minister of Japan, Sanae Takaichi, stated this Tuesday, during a meeting with the North American President, her intention to nominate Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, the White House announced.
Takaichi joins the list of foreign leaders allied with the President of the United States, who requested the award for Donald Trump, in recognition of his mediation in several international conflicts, including the recent
Trump expressed several times his desire to win this award in 2025, which ended up being awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
“Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced the President’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize,” White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters at the end of the private meeting between Trump and Takaichi in Tokyo.
Earlier, during the opening speech of the meeting – part of which was open to the press – the conservative prime minister praised Trump’s work in brokering the ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodiaas well as the “unprecedented historic feat” in .
“The Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe spoke to me many times about his dynamic diplomacy”, said Takaichi, evoking the good friendship that Trump and the Japanese ruler, assassinated in 2022, maintained during the Republican’s first term.
Trump was in Malaysia on Sunday, where he witnessed the signing of a “historic agreement” between Thailand and Cambodia – which have a border conflict -, during a ceremony with the leaders of the two countries, on the occasion of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit.
