Japan’s Takaichi Speaks to Trump, Plans to Visit in Spring (1)

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she had an “extremely meaningful” call with President Donald Trump and would visit the US leader later this year amid heightened tensions in the region sparked by recent Chinese military drills around Taiwan.

“At President Trump’s invitation, we also concurred to coordinate in detail to realize my visit to the United States this spring,” Takaichi wrote in a Friday post on X.

The call between the two allied leaders comes after China’s military simulated a blockade of Taiwan, a self-governing island Beijing claims as its territory, for two days with live-fire exercises. China also ...