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An oil tanker is being unloaded with imported crude oil at the Qingdao Port Oil Terminal in Shandong Province, China on April 7, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi during a welcome ceremony at the Akasaka palace in Tokyo, Japan, on April 1, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Rusty KMTC Line ship and commercial port cranes loading containers onto a container ship in Busan Port, Korea, on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Taiwanese Coast Guard Administration vessel Su'ao sails at the Keelung Harbour in Keelung on December 30, 2025. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump meets with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 19, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addresses a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on February 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi waves as President Donald Trump speaks aboard USS George Washington on October 28, 2025, in Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
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An engineer tests the quality of chips for a steering controller at a workshop on March 5, 2026, in Yiwu, China. (Getty Images)
Experts
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Ken Moriyasu
Senior Fellow
Mark Siegel
Adjunct Fellow
