When President Trump’s second term began, I wrote that Japan was going to matter more than in the first term. Their role as an ally in the Pacific, countering potential Chinese aggression, is irreplaceable. They’re in the process of increasing the size and capability of their military, a dramatic turn away from post–World War II pacifism. They remain the largest foreign investor in the U.S., although Canada is catching up to them.
Unfortunately, late last year, the Trump administration was strangely slow to take Japan’s side in a saber-rattling spat with China and Xi Jinping:
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