(UPDATE) TOKYO — Japan's prime minister said Friday he will have 'frank discussions' with US President-elect Donald Trump, saying that cooperation between the two countries is vital to ensuring a 'free and open Pacific.'
TOKYO — Japan 's prime minister said Friday he will have 'frank discussions' with US President-elect Donald Trump , saying that cooperation between the two countries is vital to ensuring a 'free and open Pacific.''I will have frank discussions with incoming president Trump and lead the alliance to new heights,' Shigeru Ishiba said in parliament in a key policy address.'Naturally, the US has its own national interest and Japan has its own national interest.
'At the same time, however, the United States receives great strategic benefits from the existence of facilities and areas US Forces in Japan,' he said.In Trump's first term, Japan's then-premier Shinzo Abe appeared to have warm personal relations with the US president, playing golf together several times.Ishiba and the US president-elect had what the Japanese premier called a 'very friendly' phone conversation after Trump's election win earlier this month.
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