Japan blasted for continuing to defend remarks

While China and the United States revisited their World War II legacy and talked about the Taiwan question in the latest heads-of-state phone conversation, Japan — both a defeated country and a perpetrator state in the war — took more actions on Tuesday to defend Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent provocative comments on Taiwan. On Monday evening, President Xi Jinping spoke with US President Donald Trump over the phone, outlined China's principled position on the Taiwan