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Japan’s Takaichi Makes Strengthening US Alliance Her Top Priority

This is Beirut, 25/10 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she told US President Donald Trump in a telephone call on Saturday that strengthening the alliance between their countries was her "top priority." The call came days before Trump's planned visit to Tokyo on a regional tour and was the first between the two leaders since Takaichi took ...

China Hawk Takaichi Named Japan's First Woman PM

This is Beirut, 21/10 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Japan's fifth premier in as many years will lead a minority government and has a bulging in-tray, not least a scheduled visit by US President Donald Trump next week. The lower house of parliament ...

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