Japanese PM Takaichi says Trump called her after he spoke with China’s leader

Japanese PM Takaichi says Trump called her after he spoke with China’s leader World Nov 25, 2025 1:48 PM EST

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who recently triggered China’s fury with a comment suggesting a Chinese move against Taiwan could prompt a Japanese military response, said Tuesday that she received a call from U.S. President Donald Trump right after he spoke with China’s leader.

Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, said Trump expressed his friendship to her in a call he made to her Tuesday after a phone conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

“President Trump told me that he and I are extremely good friends and that I should call him any time,” Takaichi said in brief remarks made to reporters at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo. Takaichi, however, di