Trump and new Japan PM Suga discuss 'free and open Indo-Pacific': US

In their 25-minute call, Mr Trump and Mr Suga also talked about the situation in North Korea. The Japanese leader asked for US support to push for the return of Japanese nationals kidnapped by the North Koreans in the 1970s and 1980s, Kyodo reported.

Mr Suga earlier spoke by phone with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, which Kyodo said is the first head of government he spoke to since his inauguration.Japan's parliament elected Mr Suga, 71, as the country's first new leader in nearly eight years on Wednesday. Japan is caught in the tensions between the United States and China, its two biggest trading partners.

The newly elected prime minister has pledged to continue the work of former leader Shinzo Abe, whose signature"Abenomics" programme involved vast government spending and monetary easing, and attempts to cut red tape.

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