Japan's Ishiba set for Trump summit Friday, with Taiwan on agenda

Prime minister says U.S. shares Tokyo's view on free and open Indo-Pacific

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold their first summit on Feb. 7. (Source photos by Nikkei, AP)

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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba departs Thursday on a three-day trip to the U.S. for his first summit with President Donald Trump, with an agenda expected to include affirming the importance of stability across the Taiwan Strait.

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