WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her party's "landslide victory" in a general election and said it was his honor to endorse her days earlier.

Trump wrote on social media that it was Takaichi's "bold and wise" decision to call a snap election, adding, "I wish you Great Success in passing your Conservative, Peace Through Strength Agenda."

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