Japan is most likely to diverge from U.S. foreign policy positions when its energy security is at stake.
Although many Japanese continue to view the United States as their primary security provider and closest ally, some segments of the population have expressed growing discontent and unease regarding their government’s handling of relations with Washington.
On the right, criticisms emerged regarding the $550 billion investment pledge that the former Ishiba government made to the Trump administration. Conservative commentator Sakurai Yoshiko described the deal as a modern-day “unequal treaty,” likening it to the agreements that Meiji-era Japan was forced to sign with imperial powers, arguing that Japan was being ripped off as a result
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