The Latest: Earthquake rattles Tokyo before President Donald Trump's visit.
President Donald Trump has arrived in Japan for a state visit that will make him the first world leader to meet the country’s new emperor.
The visit is part of a continuing charm offensive by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that analysts say has spared Japan from far more debilitating retaliatory action by Trump. Japan’s Meteorological Agency said the quake, registering magnitude 5.1, struck in Chiba, just south of Tokyo, at 3:20 p.m., about 40 kilometers underground. Trump was to arrive two hours later.The earthquake rattled dozens of cities, including Tokyo, where many reporters who arrived before the president’s visit felt the movement.
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