US EditionJapan PM Says Strong U.S. Ties ‘Top Priority’ After Talk with Trump
Takaichi commits Japan to 2% GDP defense spending, prioritizing regional security and cooperation on North Korea with Trump ahead of their Tokyo summit.
- On Saturday, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi spoke by telephone with US President Donald Trump, marking their first direct communication since she took office earlier this week before his planned Tokyo summit on Tuesday.
- In her first policy speech on Friday, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced Japan would allocate two percent of gross domestic product to defence spending this fiscal year, meeting the government’s target two years early.
- At the start of the 10-minute call, Trump congratulated Takaichi and reportedly phoned from Air Force One, while she told Trump, "Japan is an indispensable partner for the United States, both in its strategy toward China and in its Indo-Pacific strategy."
- Takaichi said the leaders will work to deepen bilateral ties and security cooperation, praising Trump's Israel‑Hamas ceasefire leadership and requesting continued cooperation on North Korea abducted nationals.
- Both leaders were traveling to Malaysia for a regional summit where Takaichi will meet ASEAN leaders, and she posted on X about their good, candid conversation and Indo-Pacific cooperation.
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During this first telephone conversation with Trump, Sanae Takaichi said that "one of the main priorities" of his administration was the strengthening of ties between the two countries.
The new Japanese Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, said on Saturday that she had a "good and frank" conversation with Donald Trump, and that she considers it a "high priority" to strengthen relations, when the U.S. President begins a tour of Asia on Sunday. "With him I am determined to raise the alliance between Japan and the U.S. to even higher levels," she wrote in a message by X. The call comes days before Trump arrives in Tokyo, and is the fir…
Sanae Takaichi held a phone call with the US president days before his planned visit to Tokyo on a regional tour
Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump today.
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