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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
Japan
Japan
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a news conference in New York after she addressed the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2026, in New York City, US (Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via Shincho-Que)
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(Screenshot via Shincho-Que)
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A man pushes his bicycle in front of oil storage tanks at a refinery on March 12, 2026, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. (Getty Images)
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A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force SH-60K helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins on June 11, 2024. (US Navy)
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(Screenshot via YouTube)
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Multi-layered air defense consisting of a Japanese-developed surface-to-air missile system Chu-SAM and Kin-SAM alongside a US MIM-104 Patriot are seen during Orient Shield 22 at Camp Fukuoka in Japan on August 29, 2022. (US Army)
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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner fires a Tomahawk land-attack missile on March 1, 2026, at sea. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi exchange documents at the Akasaka Palace on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
Experts
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Kotaro Shiojiri
Fellow (Nonresident)
