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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Japan
Japan
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Minister of Defense of Japan Gen Nakatani and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Ministry of Defense on March 30, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Kiyoshi Ota Getty Images)
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The logo of Japan's largest steel manufacturer Nippon Steel corporation is seen in front of the company's head office in Tokyo on January 7, 2025. (David Marueil/ via Getty Images)
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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba being interviewed with United States President Trump and others on April 17, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
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Japan's Economic Revitalisation Minister Ryosei Akazawa poses with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington, DC on May 1, 2025. (STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images)
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Quad Alliance Foreign Ministers pose for a group photo at the Japan's prime minister office in Tokyo, Japan on July 29, 2024. (Zuma Press / Rodrigo Reyes Marin / Pool/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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United States and Japanese national flags are displayed outside Palace Hotel Tokyo on May 25, 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. (Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba upon arrival outside the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands following their meeting at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on November 6, 2017. (Kiyoshi Ota/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe shake hands prior to their meeting on May 27, 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. (Eugene Hoshiko via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump waves as Foxconn CEO Terry Gou and Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group, watch at the groundbreaking for the Foxconn Technology Group computer screen plant on June 28, 2018, in Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin. (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images)
Experts
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Mark Siegel
Adjunct Fellow
Paul Sracic
Adjunct Fellow
