TOKYO, Japan — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung for talks on Tuesday aimed at demonstrating their cordial ties as Beijing pressures Tokyo over its stance on Taiwan. The two leaders will meet in Takaichi’s home region of Nara in western Japan, days after Lee visited Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. Looming in the background is Japan’s heated diplomatic spat with China, triggered by Takaichi’s suggestion in November that Japan could intervene militarily if China attacks Taiwan. China, which regards Taiwan as its own territory, reacted angrily, blocking exports to Japan of […]... Keep on reading: Japan, South Korea leaders meet as China flexes muscles