Takaichi's LDP attempts balancing act between China and Taiwan

Japan's likely next leader will refrain from sending a high-profile lawmaker to the island

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Sanae Takaichi met with Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, left, in April and hopes to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping this fall. (Source photos by Nikkei and Reuters)

SHIMPEI KAWAKAMI

TOKYO -- The Liberal Democratic Party under President Sanae Takaichi will send a member of the party leadership to Taiwan as part of a parliamentary delegation this week, but will refrain from dispatching a more high-profile lawmaker who could assume a cabinet post. 

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