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)
Shinzo Abe, Japan's Prime Minister, right, speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on while sitting at a counter during a dinner at the Inakaya restaurant in the Roppongi district on May 26, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Pool/Getty Images)
The Leopard Sea, a chemical and oil tanker ship, sails in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan in New York City on September 8, 2018. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
The Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine Oyashio, foreground, and two destroyers anchor at Subic Bay on April 3, 2016 in Subic, Philippines. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a press conference following a trilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno and Republic of Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on July 7, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (State Department