Talking with Tokyo
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On Friday, Xi Jinping picked up the phone to call his newly installed Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida.
That was quick: With just five days on the job, that’s half the time Xi took before calling Kishida’s predecessor, Yoshihide Suga.
Their chat sounded downright pleasant.
The pair agreed that m...