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Japan's PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on U.S. request: Asahi

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump in a past meeting. Reports reveal that US instructed Japanese head to vote President Trump for Nobel Prize. [Photo: Courtesy]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S. government to do so, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday.

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