IN PHOTOS: Trump meets Emperor Naruhito, listens to abductees' families

U.S. President Donald Trump met Emperor Naruhito on Monday as the first world leader to have an audience with the new Japanese monarch after his ascension on May 1, and listened to the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s, vowing to help secure their return.

Here is a collection of photos on the third day of Trump's four-day state visit to Japan.

(Japanese Emperor Naruhito and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcome event for the president at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2019.)[Pool photo/Kyodo]

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(Japanese Empress Masako and U.S. first lady Melania Trump hold talks at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2019.)[Pool photo/Kyodo]

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(The motorcade carrying U.S President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrives at the Imperial Palace on May 27, 2019.)[Getty/Kyodo]

(Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s, on May 27, 2019, in Tokyo. Among the attendees of the meeting was Sakie Yokota, second from left, whose 13-year-old daughter Megumi was abducted in 1977.)

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(U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo.)[Pool photo)(Kyodo]

(A joint press conference at the State Guest House.)[Pool photo)(Kyodo]

(U.S. first lady Melania Trump, next to Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, watches children performing Japanese traditional dance at the State Guest House.)[Pool photo/Kyodo]

(Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako greet U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2019, before a banquet the imperial couple hosted for them.)[Pool photo/Kyodo]

(Emperor Naruhito and U.S. President Donald Trump toast during a banquet the emperor and Empress Masako hosted for the president and first lady Melania Trump at the Imperial Palace.)[Pool photo/Kyodo]