Japan Wins in America, Loses in North Korea

About this episode

The episode discusses Japan's diplomatic successes and failures, particularly focusing on Sanae Takaichi's meetings with Donald Trump and North Korea.

Japan's Leader, Sanae Takaichi, can boast a diplomatic win after a successful meeting with Donald Trump. Her efforts with North Korea were less successful, what went wrong?

Topics covered

• diplomacy
• Japan
• North Korea
• Donald Trump
• political relations

Keywords

• Japan
• North Korea
• Sanae Takaichi
• Donald Trump
• diplomatic relations

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Japan, North Korea, America

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