'Extremely good friends': Japan PM touts Trump bond after first talks since China dispute


TOKYO: "Call me anytime" was the message Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (pic) said she received from US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Nov 25) in their first phone call since Tokyo's leader sparked a major diplomatic bust-up with China.

Takaichi's off-the-cuff remark in parliament earlier this month that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger Japanese military action prompted a furious response from Beijing that has included a boycott on travel to Japan.

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