Trump told Japan's PM to lower the volume on Taiwan, WSJ reports

(Corrects to say Trump asked PM to lower the volume, not tone, in headline. Corrects typographical error in "hypothetical" in paragraph 3.) (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump called Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week and advised her not to provoke Beijing on the question of Taiwan's sovereignty,

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