Tokyo [Japan], February 9 (ANI): Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday expressed appreciation for US President Donald Trump’s message, underscoring her dedication to additional strengthening the Japan-US Alliance and confirming her upcoming go to to White House.
‘I’m sincerely grateful to President Donald J. Trump for his heat phrases,’ Takaichi stated in a put up on X, including that she appeared ahead to persevering with shut cooperation between the 2 international locations.
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The Japanese chief stated the alliance and friendship between Japan and the United States are rooted in ‘deep belief and shut, robust cooperation,’ and highlighted the scope for increasing bilateral ties throughout safety, financial and strategic domains.
‘The potential of our Alliance is limitless,’ Takaichi stated, stressing the significance of sustained collaboration.
She added that Japan and the United States ought to work collectively to make sure the alliance continues to contribute to ‘peace and prosperity’ for each nations and past.
Takaichi’s remarks got here in response to a put up by Trump on his Truth Social platform, wherein the US President endorsed the Japanese Prime Minister on Sunday as Japan went to the polls for an important legislative election.
In a Truth Social put up, Trump described the February 8 vote as ‘a vital Legislative Election’ for Japan’s future and praised Takaichi as a confirmed chief. ‘The Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, has already confirmed to be a powerful, highly effective, and sensible Leader, and one that actually loves her Country, ‘ Trump stated.
Trump stated he was wanting ahead to welcoming Takaichi to the White House on March 19, recalling his latest go to to Japan, throughout which he and his delegation had been ‘extraordinarily impressed’ along with her management.
Highlighting bilateral cooperation, Trump pointed to shut coordination between Washington and Tokyo on nationwide safety and commerce. He stated the United States and Japan have labored collectively on ‘a really substantial Trade Deal, one which strongly advantages each Countries.’
In a direct endorsement of a overseas chief throughout an election, Trump declared, ‘As President of the United States of America, it’s my Honor to present a Complete and Total Endorsement of her, and what her extremely revered Coalition is representing.’
He concluded the message with a powerful vote of confidence within the Japanese chief, writing in capital letters, ‘SHE WILL NOT LET THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN DOWN!’ and wished voters luck forward of what he referred to as their ‘crucial Sunday Vote.’
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) gained a two-thirds majority within the House of Representatives in Sunday’s common election, handing Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a decisive mandate to advance her conservative coverage agenda, Kyodo News reported.
Crossing the two-thirds threshold of 310 seats within the 465-member decrease home permits the LDP to pursue constitutional revision and go laws even whether it is rejected by the higher House of Councillors, the place the ruling coalition stays in a minority. The LDP is the primary get together in postwar Japan to attain such a margin, in line with Kyodo News.
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s upcoming go to to Washington, her first since taking workplace, will precede US President Donald Trump’s deliberate April journey to China, as Beijing has taken an more and more hard-line stance over her feedback on a possible disaster within the Taiwan Strait, Kyodo News reported.
Trump has repeatedly praised Japan’s dedication to creating large-scale investments within the United States, a key factor of a commerce deal reached final summer season following his tariff threats towards Tokyo, Kyodo News stated.
Since her early days in workplace, Trump has publicly lauded Takaichi, chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, describing her as a protegee of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with whom he cast a detailed private relationship throughout his first time period.
On Sunday, the US State Department stated the administration appears ahead to advancing ‘ U.S. safety and financial priorities, in addition to our shared pursuits, within the Indo-Pacific and globally’ with Japan, Kyodo News reported.
A State Department spokesperson described the US-Japan alliance as ‘the cornerstone of peace, safety and prosperity’ within the area, including that it ‘has by no means been stronger,’ in line with Kyodo News. (ANI)