Article snippet: Shinzo Abe celebrated their personal friendship and strategic alliance with custom white hats and a round of golf on the first official stop of Trump's 13-day Asia tour. Shortly after arriving in Japan, Trump met Abe at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo, the planned site of the 2020 Olympics golf tournament. Inside the clubhouse, they autographed white hats embroidered with their names and the slogan "Make Alliance Even Greater," a twist on the slogan of Trump's first election campaign. Trump, 71, and Abe, 63, were joined by 25-year-old Japanese professional golfer Hideki Matsuyama. "Playing golf with Prime Minister Abe and Hideki Matsuyama, two wonderful people!" Trump tweeted, along with video of the trio on the golf course. "He’s one of the greatest players," Trump told reporters of Matsuyama on the flight to Japan. "He’s probably -- he is the greatest player in the history of Japan. Possibly their greatest celebrity ... He’s a truly great player, a great athlete. Long ball hitter." "I hit the ball pretty long. I promise you one thing, I won’t be hitting it there. If I come back and say I was longer than him, don’t believe it," Trump said. Matsuyama, who is 4th in the PGA world rankings, joked Friday to reporters at a tournament in Shanghai that he hoped not to lose to Trump. “I wasn’t sure if I’d be good enough. But I hope to have fun so that it will be engraved in my memory,” Matsuyama said, according to the Japan Times. ... Link to the full article to read more