Japan’s New Leader Faces Diplomatic Gauntlet with Trump, China and Regional Summits

Japan’s new leader faces diplomatic gauntlet with Trump, China and regional summits

TOKYO (AP) — Just days after taking office, Japan’s new leader faces a series of back-to-back foreign policy tests, with a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo sandwiched between Asia-region summits in Malaysia and South Korea. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, with limited experience in international affairs, will have to manage Trump’s demands and unpredictability and China’s wariness of her strong support for a military build-up and…

Japan's new PM Takaichi vows to take US ties to 'new heights' with Trump

TOKYO — Japan's conservative new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi vowed on Friday to bring ties with the United States to 'new heights' with President Donald Trump, while taking a swipe at China and vowing a stricter stance on immigration in her first policy speech.

Japan's new leader faces diplomatic gauntlet with Trump, China and ...

Japan's new PM vows to deepen US alliance, accelerate defense spending

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to deepen the alliance with Washington, accelerate defense spending, and take a tougher stance on China and immigration.

Japanese PM Takaichi likely to take steps for attaining new heights in Tokyo-Washington ties

Generally, with the change of the political command in a democracy, its foreign policy direction, too, goes some transformation. Will it happen in Japan after the election of Sanae Takaichi as its new Prime Minister and have any effects on Tokyo’s relations with Washington? Observers say the prospects of Tokyo- Washington ties are rather far brighter under Takaich’s leadership. She is a protégé of the country’s legendary Prime Minister Shinzo Ab…