January 25, 2017

"Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that Japan is looking forward to holding a trilateral summit with China and South Korea. Japanese media reported that Abe wishes to strengthen trilateral economic cooperation and is looking forward to visiting China in 2017 to alleviate tensions in the East China Sea.

The news came out as Donald Trump assumed office and withdrew from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Japan has always had high hopes for TPP and now it has been thrown under a bus. Japan is also facing other challenges, such as demands to share the cost of the US bases in Japan and the pressure to make concession in the US-Japan trade negotiations."

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