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Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4, 2025. (Getty Images)

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Election administration officials open ballot boxes in Tokyo on October 27, 2024. (Getty Images)

Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles and Japan’s Defence Minister General Nakatani hold a joint press announcement aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Mogami-class stealth frigate JS Mikuma at the JMSDF naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, on September 5, 2025. (Getty Images)

US Commerce Secretary Howard William Lutnick and Japanese Minister for Economic Revitalization Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on on September 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Soldiers and sailors on the USS Missouri watch as Imperial Japan surrenders on September 2, 1945. (Getty Images)

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japan’s Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Ryosei Akazawa shake hands during a photo session as they arrive at the USA Pavilion on US National Day at the World Expo 2025 on July 19, 2025, in Osaka, Japan. (Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty Images)

President Donald J Trump speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on February 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford via Getty Images)

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force held an F-35 aircraft delivery ceremony at Komatsu Air Base in Japan on April 26, 2025. (F-35 Joint Program Office via JASDF and DVIDS)