TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 28: Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor, center left, shakes hands with Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of business lobby Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), as he and Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, (not pictured), arrive for a meeting with business representatives at the prime minister's office on October 28, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota - Pool/Getty Images)