TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a 25-minute telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday amid tensions between Japan and China over Takaichi's recent remarks on the possibility of a "survival-threatening situation" for her country in a hypothetical crisis over Taiwan.
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From left: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump held separate phone calls with Takaichi and Xi. (Source photos by Ken Suzuki, Yusuke Hinata and Reuters)
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