Washington, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)--The fact that new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was close to the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will work in her favor in building ties with U.S. President Donald Trump, Jeffrey Hornung, senior political scientist at U.S. think tank Rand Corp., said. "We know that Trump deeply, deeply respects Abe and thinks really positively about Abe," Hor...