Japan-U.S. relations at “history’s turning point”｜Tsuneo Watanabe, Senior Fellow, Security Studies Program

Our guest today is Tsuneo “Nabe” Watanabe, senior fellow of the Security Studies Program at SPF. He joined us to talk about the recent state visit by Japanese Prime Minister Kishida to the U.S. Both sides have said that Japan-U.S. relations are closer now than ever, but at the same time, challenges posed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, provocations from North Korea, and recent moves by China, to name a few, have brought us to what Prime Minister Kishida called a turning point in history.

In our conversation, Nabe san breaks down the main outcomes of the visit and considers the implications in the U.S., Japan, and across the Indo-Pacific.

You can read the full transcript of this episode on the SPF website.