{"id":17862,"date":"2024-11-20T07:41:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=17862"},"modified":"2024-11-20T07:41:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:41:09","slug":"japan-prime-minister-eager-to-build-relations-with-trump-pledges-to-speed-revision-of-political-funds-control-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=17862","title":{"rendered":"Japan Prime Minister Eager to Build Relations with Trump, Pledges to Speed Revision of Political Funds Control Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"p-article-block\" data-state=\"\">\n<figure class=\"vertical_long_s\"><a href=\"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/attachment\/223466\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-223466\" class=\"zoom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ishiba-5.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption><span>Masamine Kawaguchi \/ The Yomiuri Shimbun<\/span><br \/>Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"byline\"><i class=\"fas fa-pen-nib\"\/>By Akihisa Ota \/ Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p class=\"postdate\"><i class=\"far fa-clock\"\/>15:32 JST,\u2002November 20, 2024<\/p>\n<p>RIO DE JANEIRO \u2014 Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed his willingness to build a relationship with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at a press conference held in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ishiba also said he will speed up revision of the Political Funds Control Law in an effort to restore the public\u2019s trust in politics.<\/p>\n<p>Japan explored the possibility of Ishiba meeting with Trump during Ishiba\u2019s current trip abroad, but ultimately it did not come to pass. Trump will take office in January.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding relations with the president-elect, Ishiba said: \u201cI will not take the approach of squaring off with him. I will try to gain his understanding by explaining that our cooperation will benefit both countries\u2019 national interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, Ishiba said, \u201cWe were in the right ballpark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will frequently communicate and interact [with China] at all levels to reduce issues and concerns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>With regard to political reform, Ishiba said, \u201cNecessary legal steps will be made within the year regarding the Political Funds Control Law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have instructed the [LDP] party to discuss the matter from square one, including the possible abolition\u201d of funds for political activities are currently provided to member lawmakers. \u201cI\u2019d like to reach an early conclusion [in the discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ishiba has completed his tour of South America, which included attendance at summit talks for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru and for the Group of 20 major countries in Brazil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.einnews.com\/article\/762156028\/o_KJqSfA0EQIMMSk?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masamine Kawaguchi \/ The Yomiuri ShimbunPrime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. By Akihisa Ota \/ Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer 15:32 JST,\u2002November 20, 2024 RIO DE JANEIRO \u2014 Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed his willingness to build a relationship with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at a press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}