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'Pineapple pen' star to serenade Trump on Japan visit

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Agence France-Presse

TOKYO - US President Donald Trump will be serenaded with a bizarre hit song about a &quot;pen-pineapple-apple-pen&quot; on his visit to Japan next week.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/trending/v2/12/08/16/pen-pineapple-apple-pen-is-top-video-for-pinoys-in-2016">&#x27;Pen Pineapple Apple Pen&#x27; is top video for Pinoys in 2016</a></li></ul>Japan will roll out wacky crooner Pikotaro -- whose 45-second &quot;PPAP&quot; ditty went viral last year after being shared by pop star Justin Bieber -- when Trump comes to town at the start of an Asian tour, Kyodo News agency reported.The singer, apparently a favourite of Trump&#x27;s grandchildren, will attend a dinner hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, government sources told Kyodo.Arabella Kushner, the six-year-old daughter of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, was seen singing along to the tune in a clip shared on Instagram in November by her mother.The repetitive earworm, whose video features the dancing Pikotaro dressed in his garish animal-print costume, set a Guinness World Record as the shortest song to break into the Billboard Hot 100.Trump is also set to play a round of golf with Japanese pro Hideki Matsuyama during his visit.alh/pb/kaf<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

TOKYO - US President Donald Trump will be serenaded with a bizarre hit song about a "pen-pineapple-apple-pen" on his visit to Japan next week.

TOKYO - US President Donald Trump will be serenaded with a bizarre hit song about a "pen-pineapple-apple-pen" on his visit to Japan next week.