President Donald Trump is seen upon boarding Marine One at Akasaka Press Center on Sunday before golfing. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo

President Donald Trump and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe greet one another on their arrival Sunday at the Mobara Country Club in Chiba, Japan. White House Photo by Shealah Craighead/UPI | License Photo

President Donald J. Trump, joined by Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and professional golfer Isao Aoki, watches his tee shot during their round Sunday at the Mobara Country Club in Chiba, Japan. White House Photo by Shealah Craighead/UPI | License Photo

President Donald Trump watches as Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a putt during their golf game Sunday at the Mobara Country Club in Chiba, Japan. White House Photo by Shealah Craighead/UPI | License Photo

President Donald Trump and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose for photos showing the golf hole flags they signed Sunday at the Mobara Country Club in Chiba, Japan. White House Photo by Shealah Craighead/UPI | License Photo

President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appear during a dinner at the Inakaya restaurant in the Roppongi district of Tokyo on Sunday night. Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/pool/EPA

Visitors wave U.S. flags as they wait for President Donald Trump on Sunday to arrive at a Sumo wrestling tournament at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a sumo wrestling tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sunday. Photo by Jiji Press/EPA

Sumo wrestler Asanoyama lifts the President's Cup presented to him by President Donald Trump as Japan Prime Minister Shinzo watches at Abe Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium in Tokyo. White House Photo by Shealah Craighead/UPI | License Photo

President Donald J. Trump bows to sumo wrestler Asanoyama after presenting the President's Cup to him at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sunday. White House Photo by Shealah Craighead/UPI | License Photo

President Donald Trump presents the President's Cup to sumo wrestler Asanoyama at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sunday. Photo by Jiji Press/EPA

May 26 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump spent an enjoyable day in Japan with Prime Minister Sinzo Abe -- a round of golf, a sumo wrestling match, meals of breakfast, hamburgers and barbecue, and some diplomacy Sunday.

It was Trump's first full day in Japan after Air Force One landed at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo just before 5 p.m. local time Saturday -- 16 hours after departing from Washington, D.C.


These activities as well as a meeting with business leaders on Saturday night and trade talks on Monday are part of the royal pageantry of a state visit, the first for Japan's newly enthroned Emperor Naruhito.

"The prime minister and I talked lot today about trade and military and various other things," Trump said at the start of the barbecue dinner after being handed his first course on a long wooden paddle. "I think we had a very productive day."

And back at Palace Hotel Tokyo on Saturday night, he tweeted about trade.

Great progress being made in our Trade Negotiations with Japan. Agriculture and beef heavily in play. Much will wait until after their July elections where I anticipate big numbers! - Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2019

Trump had begun his day tweeting he wasn't too concerned about North Korea's recent missile launch tests, which are at odds with his host Abe.

"North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me," Trump wrote on Twitter.

North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me. I have confidence that Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me, & also smiled when he called Swampman Joe Biden a low IQ individual, & worse. Perhaps that's sending me a signal? - Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2019

The Japanese government has said North Korea's tests this month of short range missiles violated U.N. resolutions. Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, told reporters Saturday in Tokyo before Trump's arrival: "U.N. Security Council resolutions prohibit North Korea from firing any ballistic missiles. In terms of violating U.N. Security Council resolutions, there's no doubt about that."

After tweeting, Trump then joined Abe at Mobara Country Club south of Tokyo, where they played 16 holes and dined together for breakfast and lunch, which included double cheeseburgers made from American beef, according to Japan's foreign ministry.

They posed for a selfie taken by Abe.

Then, they attended a Sumo match for 1 1/2 hours, according to a pool report.

The leaders and their spouses were seated in chairs, instead of the customary mats, a few yards from the sumo ring.

Trump presented a 4 1/2-foot-tall trophy, weighing between 60 and 70 pounds, to the victor, 25-year-old Asanoyama.

"In honor of your outstanding achievement as sumo grand champion I hereby award you the President's Cup," Trump said, adding the date under the Japanese era he called "Reiwa."

He added: "We bought that beautiful trophy which they'll have hopefully for many hundreds of years."

The two couples then dined at a traditional charcoal hibachi restaurant in Tokyo, Inakaya. The meal included grilled chicken and wagyu beef steak, according to the White House.

Abe took Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, to a sushi restaurant, Sukiyabashi Jiro, regarded as among the best in the world.

Trmp spoke briefly with reporters in attendance before they were ushered out, saying he expects a productive day in meetings Monday after "incredible evening at sumo," according to the pool report. "Sumo wrestling."

The motorcade arrived back at the hotel at 7:45 p.m., according to the pool report.

Trump's schedule Monday includes a welcome ceremony at the Imperial Palace, a state call on the emperor and the empress, a bilateral meeting with Abe at Akasaka Palace, a meeting with abducted families by North Korea, a joint press conference with Abe, then a state dinner at Imperial Palace, according to the White House.