Sanae Takaichi: “There are people who are still waiting to be rescued, and it's a race against time.”

Japan has lodged a protest with U.S. authorities and called the crime 'exceptionally brutal and vicious'.

Takaichi has come under pressure from China to retract remarks she made last year that suggested Japan might mobilize its military in any collective effort to defend Taiwan from an invasion.

We are seeking to raise Japan’s potential growth rate and strengthen its supply capabilities through bold investments in risk management and growth, in order to achieve a strong economy.

The killing is extremely brutal and heinous.