Sanae Takaichi

We will work to ensure communication on shared challenges, promote dialogue to safeguard our national interests, and build a constructive relationship.

China is an important neighbor, and despite difficulties, we have built up a long-standing relationship over the years.

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

The killing is extremely brutal and heinous.

The occurrence of the heinous crime is extremely regrettable.

The occurrence of such a heinous crime is extremely regrettable.

I believe increasing the competitiveness of Japan’s economy will ultimately lead to trust in the yen.

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.

There’s no change to my thinking that we will continue to pursue a strong economy and sustainable government finances based on responsible and proactive fiscal policy.

At the Japan-U.S. leadership meeting, they spoke of the difficulties American trade is facing due to the weak yen, to which I responded that as a rule of thumb an undervalued yen is a problem.

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.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi played up the strength of the alliance between the two countries.

Japan feels a sense of responsibility to safeguard the ideals of the United Nations as our beacon of hope.

Takaichi said Tokyo would continue to “press Russia to dismantle the border post.”

“The chrysanthemum emblem is widely recognized as a symbol of Japan, and installing a monument depicting its destruction is absolutely unacceptable. This is a matter of national sentiment in Japan, and the Japanese government has firmly…

The move was “not consistent with Japan’s position” and that Japan viewed it “with great concern.”

Absolutely unacceptable

This visit can only be said to have further hardened anti-Russia sentiment within Japan and made medium- to long-term recovery of relations more difficult.

The Takaichi administration has made tackling rising prices its top priority,

There appears to be a view that the Takaichi administration is neglecting measures to address the rising cost of living affecting the public, and instead prioritizing the pursuit of its own political convictions. That is not how I see it,

The Northern Territories are an inherent part of Japan's territory, both historically and under international law.

Moreover, it wounds the feelings of the Japanese people and is absolutely unacceptable.

I hope that the Russian side will take the gravity of this matter very seriously.

We will work steadily to realize a world without nuclear weapons.