Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te "exuberantly" congratulated former Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on winning the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race on Saturday, calling her a steadfast friend of Taiwan. In a post written in Japanese on X, the Taiwanese leader expressed his heartfelt congratulations and said he hopes Taiwan and Japan will deepen their exchanges and cooperation in various fields and elevate their relations to a new level to achieve security and