US EditionTrump urged Japan PM to avoid escalation in China dispute: Reuters
President Trump urged Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi to de-escalate tensions with China over Taiwan to protect US-China trade relations, after her remarks triggered diplomatic backlash.
- On Nov 25, U.S. President Donald Trump called Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to urge avoiding further escalation after his earlier call with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments triggered a diplomatic row after she said earlier this month that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could prompt Japanese military action, provoking Beijing's furious response.
- The Wall Street Journal first reported Trump's request to Takaichi and described his advice as 'subtle' and not pressuring her to retract comments, while Japan's Prime Minister's Office referred Reuters to an earlier official readout.
- The White House said U.S.-China ties are very good and benefit Japan, and U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking to maintain a fragile trade war truce, made no specific demands of Japan.
- Taiwan, home to 23 million people, rejects Beijing's claim and says return is not an option, while Beijing urged the United States to rein in Japan to avoid 'actions to revive militarism' on Thursday.
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Report: Trump Warns Japan Against Provoking China
President Trump advised Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not to provoke China over Taiwan's sovereignty following a heated call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing officials familiar with the discussions. The warning came after Takaichi suggested that Japan might respond militarily if China attacked Taiwan,...
Japan Denies Trump Asked PM Not to Provoke Beijing
Japan has refuted a report indicating that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi received advice from U.S. President Donald Trump to refrain from provoking the Chinese regime over Taiwan. Trump and Takaichi spoke by phone on the evening of Nov. 24, their first conversation since China escalated its economic retaliation against Japan to pressure Takaichi to withdraw remarks she made on Nov. 7 concerning Japan’s stance on a potential Chinese attack on Tai…
After Japan's Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, suggested in early November that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a Tokyo military response, Chinese President Xi Jinping had a phone call with US President Donald Trump. According to sources with knowledge of the situation to the Wall Street Journal, the contact between them lasted half an hour, in which Xi insisted on Trump's historic claim to the autonomous island and the responsibility of…
A Japanese government spokesman has denied a US media report that Donald Trump told Japan's Prime Minister not to provoke China over Taiwan's sovereignty.
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