"Japan has denied a report that said United States President Donald Trump had advised Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not to provoke China over Taiwan's sovereignty. In a news briefing on Thursday, Japan's top government spokesperson Minoru Kihara said there is no such fact about an article published in The Wall Street Journal claiming that Trump had made such a remark to the Japanese leader."
"The WSJ reported on Thursday that, shortly after that phone call between the US and Chinese leaders, Trump set up a call with Takaichi and advised her not to provoke Beijing on the question of the island's sovereignty. The report quoted unidentified Japanese officials and an American briefed on the call. Takaichi said in her reporting of the call with Trump that they discussed the US president's conversation with Xi, as well as bilateral relations."
"After the incident, Beijing's Foreign Ministry said that Chinese leader Xi Jinping pressed the issue in a phone call with Trump on Monday, saying Taiwan's return was an integral part of the post-war international order. Beijing, which has threatened to use force to take control of the self-ruled island, also took other punitive steps to register its anger over Takaichi's initial remarks in parliament on November 7. It summoned Tokyo's ambassador and advised Chinese citizens against travelling to Japan."
Japan denied that United States President Donald Trump had advised Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not to provoke China over Taiwan's sovereignty. Government spokesperson Minoru Kihara said there was no such fact and declined further comment on the diplomatic exchange. Takaichi had earlier suggested Tokyo could intervene militarily if Taiwan were attacked, triggering anger in Beijing. Chinese leader Xi Jinping raised the issue with Trump, asserting Taiwan's return as integral to the post-war international order. Unidentified officials said Trump later called Takaichi and advised restraint. Beijing summoned Japan's ambassador and warned citizens against travel to Japan.
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