US backs Japan in dispute with China over radar incident

US Ambassador to Japan George Glass has publicly expressed support for Japan in several social media posts since the diplomatic dispute began, but President Donald Trump and other senior US officials have yet to weigh in.

Trump, who plans to visit Beijing next year for trade talks, telephoned Takaichi last month, urging her not to escalate the dispute, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis in Washington and John Geddie in Tokyo; Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard in Taipei and Anton Bridge in Tokyo; Editing by Tom Hogue and Stephen Coates)