Japan Denies Report That Trump Asked PM Not to Provoke China
Donald Trump and Sanae Takaichi on Oct. 28.
Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
The Japanese government denied a report that US President Donald Trump advised Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to avoid provoking China over Taiwan.
The Wall Street Journal said that Trump advised Takaichi during their call this week not to provoke Beijing over the question of Taiwan’s sovereignty, citing unnamed Japanese officials and an American briefed on the call. The advice was subtle and the president didn’t pressure Takaichi to retract her comments, the report said.