Japan denies report Trump told PM not to provoke China on Taiwan

Japan denied on Thursday a Wall Street Journal report that said US President Donald Trump had advised Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not to provoke China over Taiwan’s sovereignty.The row between Asia’s two biggest economies began after Takaichi suggested this month that Tokyo could intervene militarily in any attack on self-ruled Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory.According to Beijing’s foreign ministry, Chinese leader Xi Jinping pressed the issue in a phone c