--- description: President Donald Trump will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Friday before they head to Florida together for the weekend. title: Watch Live: Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe Hold Press Conference image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe Hold Press Conference by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:07 PM CUTPublished: Feb 10, 2017 1:51 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:07 PM CUTPublished: Feb 10, 2017 1:51 PM CUT President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4663143/donald-trump-executive-orders-president/ "undefined") will meet Japanese Prime Minister [Shinzo Abe](http://time.com/4640652/shinzo-abe-donald-trump-japan/ "undefined") Friday before they head to Florida together for the weekend. Trump and Abe will meet Friday morning and then hold a joint press conference before they have a working lunch together, according to the White House press office. In the afternoon, the president will depart for West Palm Beach, Florida, where he’ll dine with his wife, Abe and Abe’s wife this evening. The Trumps will host the Abes at their [Mar-A-Lago](http://time.com/4666635/trump-alone-white-house-life-phone-tweets-tv/ "undefined") resort, which the Administration has taken to calling “the winter White House.” Watch Trump and Abe’s press conference live here. It’s scheduled to start at 1 pm ET. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4666848/donald-trump-shinzo-abe-press-conference/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4666848/donald-trump-shinzo-abe-press-conference/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe Hold Press Conference","datePublished":"2017-02-10T13:51:10.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T12:07:24.000Z","description":"President Donald Trump will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Friday before they head to Florida together for the weekend.","url":"https://time.com/4666848/donald-trump-shinzo-abe-press-conference/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4666848/donald-trump-shinzo-abe-press-conference/","name":"Watch Live: Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe Hold Press Conference"}}]}] ```