KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday urged Asia-Pacific leaders to choose dialogue over coercion and cooperation over confrontation, as he opened the East Asia summit at a time of sharpening rivalry between the United States and China.

TRUMP TRAVELS TO JAPAN: President Donald Trump has arrived in Japan, the second stop on his three-country Asia tour. He met with Emperor Naruhito in the evening, and will have a bilateral meeting tomorrow with newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

The president arrives shortly in Japan, then heads for Korea, where he's slated to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Mr. Trump says he expects to reach a trade agreement with China.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who is in Kuala Lumpur to attend a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, signed reciprocal trade deals with his Malaysian and Cambodian counterparts, as well as a framework trade pact with Thailand that will see the countries work to address tariff and non-tariff barriers.

Donald Trump is halfway around the world in Asia for a three-country visit to Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. The US president has a tedious schedule, meeting with his contemporaries, Japan’s Sanae Takaichi,

President Trump met with the emir and prime minister of Qatar Saturday aboard Air Force One during a refueling stop.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s arrival in Malaysia created a social media storm after a video of him dancing at the Kuala Lumpur airport went viral. Trump, who is on a five-day tour across Asia, received a grand welcome upon landing in Malaysia’s capital.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan has warned Southeast Asian counterparts that neutrality is shrinking due to big power rivalry