abe: In the bitter presidential campaign, Tokyo put all its bets on Clinton, and ignored building connections with Trump, according to Global Times China. Trump unexpected election has made Japan lose the initiative to engage early with the new US president. The president-elect unfriendly comments about Japan during his campaign have added to Abe concerns about Trump confidence in the US-Japan alliance, whose future might be darkened by uncertainties. Japan has no effective communication channels with the president-elect, and Abe has to build his personal relationship with Trump from scratch. After Trump swears in, it is possible that the US and Japan will be stuck in negotiations about the cost of US military bases in Japan. According to Nippon Hoso Kyokai report, Abe has asked for a meeting with Trump in New York on Thursday, the first between a sitting Japanese prime minister and a US president-elect.
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