Trump Urges Japanese PM to Avoid Taiwan Provocations Following Xi Jinping Call

US President Donald Trump and Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi met at the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan.

During a phone call this week, US President Donald Trump advised Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi against provoking China regarding Taiwan's sovereignty, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report cited Japanese officials and an American briefed on the conversation.

This call followed a separate conversation Trump had with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during which Xi discussed China's historical claim to the democratic self-governing island of Taiwan. The Chinese leader also emphasized that Washington and Beijing share responsibility for managing the world order, as reported by the Journal.