With new leadership, Japan has the chance to flex its defense muscles
Bogdan Hofbauer
Japan is doing what U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded: increasing defense spending. But as America’s influence in the Indo-Pacific wanes, Tokyo has the opportunity to play a bigger role in the region’s security. New Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is determined to convince Trump she’s serious about boosting the nation’s military capabilities. A protege of the late Shinzo Abe, she’s eager to cultivate the same kind of personal rapport the former prime minister — who was the original Trump
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