U.S. President Donald Trump urged Japan's Prime Minister to avoid escalation in a potential Sino-Japanese conflict during a conversation on the night of November 27, 2025, warning harshly, 'Don't interfere with the Taiwan issue,' Japanese government officials revealed, as reported by Shukan Bunshun during the reporting window ending at 9:45 a.m. UTC on December 6. Several Japanese media outlets, including Kyodo News, published headlines on the night of the 27th such as 'Trump worries about Sino-Japanese conflict and urges Prime Minister to avoid escalation,' according to the Shukan Bunshun article shared via X within the one-hour-29-minute period from 8:15 a.m. UTC. Government officials described Trump speaking in a rather harsh manner during the exchange, with the disclosure appearing in the Bunshun Online article linked in the X post from @shukan_bunshun.
