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Sheila Smith talked about her book, Japan Rearmed: The Politics of Military Power, on the possibility and consequences of Japan building up its military.

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan met with his Australian and Japanese counterparts, Linda Reynolds and Takeshi Iwaya, in a trilateral defense ministerial meeting in Singapore.…

President Trump spoke to members of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aboard the USS Wasp at a naval base outside Tokyo on Memorial Day. After being introduced by first lady Melania Trump, the…

President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe held a joint news conference at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, one of the Japanese government’s two official state guest houses. It was the site…

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump met Japanese Emperor Naruhito at Akasaka Palace, the official state guest house of the imperial family, in Tokyo.

President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe soke to reporters following bilateral talks on a range of issues, including trade, and North Korea missile tests.

First lady Melania Trump and Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, watched a performance of classical Japanese dancing by Juari Onoe at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump joined Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ringside at a sumo wrestling tournament inside the Ryogiku Kokugikan stadium in Tokyo.

First lady Melania Trump and Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visited school children at an interactive digital museum in Tokyo. The children drew aquatic animals…

President Trump met with Japanese business leaders and delivered remarks at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived in Tokyo, Japan. The president will attend the crowning of Emperor Naruhito, whose father Emperor Akihito abdicated the throne last…

President Trump greeted service members ahead of Memorial Day weekend during a stop in Anchorage, Alaska. The president is traveling to Tokyo and will attend the crowning of Emperor…

NHK World provided live coverage of Japanese Emperor Akihito’s abdication ceremony from the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. He was the first Japanese monarch to abdicate the throne in more than…

Dartmouth College history professor Jennifer Miller talked about her book, Cold War Democracy: The United States and Japan. She discussed how the U.S. government promoted democracy in…

President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with reporters prior to an Oval Office meeting.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya held a news conference at the State…

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Japan-America Society of Washington, D.C. co-hosted a discussion on Japan’s way forward in 2019. In this segment, panelists discussed…

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Japan-America Society of Washington, DC co-hosted a discussion on Japan’s way forward in 2019. In this segment, a professor talked about…

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Japan-America Society of Washington, DC, co-hosted a discussion on Japan’s way forward in 2019. In this segment, panelists discussed…

Japan expert Sheila Smith from the Council on Foreign Relations talked about the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance.