A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range in New Mexico on May 11, 2024. (US Army)
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an international fleet review at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is saluted by members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force during an International Fleet Review on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Photo by Issei Kato/Pool/Getty Images)
Guests hold Japanese and American flags as they wait for the arrival ceremony for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Mrs. Yuko Kishida of Japan at White House on April 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma in the Philippine Sea on February 16, 2022. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alonzo Martin-Frazier)
Mount Fuji is silhouetted during sunset behind the high-rise buildings of the Shinjuku area in downtown Tokyo on November 20, 2023. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images)
Supporters of Lai Ching-te, presidential candidate of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), cheer during an election campaign rally in Keelung, Taiwan, on January 8, 2024. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images)