Are U.S.-Japan relations at a turning point?

This week, Kristi Govella and Nick Szechenyi join Will to discuss if U.S.-Japan relations are shifting in a fundamental way after tariff negotiations, pressure on defense spending, and turbulent Japanese politics.

• Kristi Govella, "What the LDP-Komeito Defeat Means for Japanese Foreign Policy (thediplomat.com/2025/07/what-the-ldp-komeito-d…)," The Diplomat, July 31, 2025.

• Nicholas Szechenyi, Yuko Nakano, and Kristi Govella, "Japan’s Upper House Election: Prolonged Instability (csis.org/analysis/japans-upper-house-election-…)," CSIS, July 21, 2025.