Ivanka Trump was working out a deal with a Japanese government-backed company when she met Shinzo Abe

Ivanka Trump was working out a deal with a Japanese government-backed company when she met Shinzo Abe

When president-elect Donald J. Trump brought along his daughter Ivanka to meet Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in mid-November, observers raised their eyebrows. While family members often accompany heads of state on diplomatic visits, Ivanka’s presence in the meeting itself was highly unusual. It also came as she was negotiating a deal with a Japanese…