Japan rejects U.S. intel assessment that Takaichi's Taiwan remarks represent 'significant shift'
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told reporters "A significant policy shift is not something that is happening right now."
Japan on Thursday rejected a U.S. intelligence assessment that said Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan represented a "significant shift" for a sitting Japanese prime minister.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told reporters during a press briefing that Tokyo's approach remains "quite consistent."
"A significant policy shift is not something that is happening right now," Kihara said, according to a translation provided by the Prime Minister's Office.
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