Japan has no plan for phone call with Taiwan leader: spokesman

China sought explanation after suggestion by former prime minister

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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen: A former Japanese prime minister had suggested that a phone meeting between her and new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was a possibility.  © Reuters

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TOKYO -- Japan has "no plans, nor is making any preparations" for a phone call between new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters Wednesday.

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