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Tokuko Shironitta and Mira Rapp-Hooper Share Insights on US-Japan Relationship
TIME |

A “successful meeting with Trump is a must for Takaichi’s survival as Prime Minister,” Tokuko Shironitta, managing director for Japan at strategic advisory firm the Asia Group, tells TIME. Takaichi, whose party commands a minority government...

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Mira Rapp-Hooper in Financial Times: ‘With a new, ambitious PM, Japan can do more to contribute to defence, but President Trump must leave Takaichi space and not make pressure so public as to make it harder for Takaichi to manage to domestic politics’
Financial Times |

Analysts said it was important that Trump did not put any public pressure on Japan on Tuesday. “With a new, ambitious PM, Japan can do more to contribute to defence, but President Trump must leave Takaichi...

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Tokuko Shironitta and Mira Rapp-Hooper share insights on US-Japan Relationship in TIME
TIME |

A “successful meeting with Trump is a must for Takaichi’s survival as Prime Minister,” Tokuko Shironitta, managing director for Japan at strategic advisory firm the Asia Group, tells TIME. Takaichi, whose party commands a minority government...

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Rinatro Nishumura in New York Times: “Ms. Takaichi’s office appeared to have made a calculated decision to make a good-will gesture to the United States during her first meeting with Mr. Trump.”
New York Times |

In Japan, rice is a staple and a symbol of the nation’s identity, and recently, an issue in domestic politics because of a shortage that has sent prices soaring. Ms. Takaichi’s office appeared to have made...

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TAG-SIDM Report on Mapping Opportunities in India’s Defence Exports

The Asia Group partnered with the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM), the leading defense and aerospace industry body in India, to develop a report on enhancing defense exports from India. Titled ‘Mapping Opportunities in India’s...

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Daniel Kritenbrink in Bloomberg: “Both sides now seem to be focused primarily on stability.”
Bloomberg |

TAG Partner Dan Kritenbrink noted that while he is cautiously optimistic in the near term about U.S.-China relations, “none of the fundamentals in this relationship have changed.”

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Kurt Campbell in The Washington Post: “Sanae Takaichi would do well to channel Shinzo Abe and Margaret Thatcher in her U.S. dealings.”
The Washington Post |

While much of the world is focused on President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday in South Korea, a summit of similarly major significance is scheduled for Tuesday in Tokyo. Trump...

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Daniel Kritenbrink on Bloomberg Live: “We’re on track for a positive and constructive meeting between President Trump and President Xi.”
Bloomberg |

TAG Partner Dan Kritenbrink noted, “It sounds like a diplomatic calendar has been set for the coming year, which could portend a period of relative stability in U.S.-China relations over the next six to twelve months....

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Kurt Campbell on NPR Regarding Trump’s Asia Visit: “This trip has brought with it some anticipation but a lot of apprehension.”
NPR |

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with former Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell about President Trump’s visit to Asia, where he’s looking to make deals and contain the rising influence of China.

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Kurt Tong in POLITICO: “The Takaichi government wants to show progress on this in order to reassure the U.S. that they’re sincere by having some specific deliverables that could be announced in the billions of dollars.”
POLITICO |

“There’s a lot of effort being put into having a few headline announcements to create some momentum behind the whole thing,” said Kurt Tong, deputy chief of mission and chargé d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in...

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Mira Rapp-Hooper in The New York Times: “[Sanae Takaichi] will be looking to cloak herself in the mantle of [Shinzo] Abe to persuade Trump that she is his woman in Asia and a steadfast partner that he can count on.”
The New York Times |

Sanae Takichi is expected to emphasize her connection to Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister assassinated in 2022, who was Ms. Takaichi’s political mentor and who forged a closer bond with Mr. Trump than perhaps any...

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Abraham Denmark in The Sydney Morning Herald: “I feel very confident that the United States is going to fulfil its pledge regardless of whoever is next elected president because it’s in our interest to do so.”
The Sydney Morning Herald |

Denmark, now a partner at the Asia Group consultancy, said he was more concerned about the so-called “pillar II” of AUKUS, which is designed to spur innovation on advanced military technologies such as hypersonic weapons, undersea...

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