Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Saturday that she and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to strengthen the bilateral alliance during their first telephone talks.During the talks, held after their arrival in Kuala Lumpur for meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Takaichi told Trump that "Japan is a very important nation for the United States' strategies toward China and the Indo-Pacific region," she said.Speaking to reporters, Takaichi said she asked for Trump's cooperation in resolving the issue of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese nationals, as…READ FULL ARTICLE
