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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Japan
Japan
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A Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) soldier uses binoculars during a live fire exercise at JGSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area on May 22, 2021 in Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan (Photo by Akio Kon - Pool/Getty Images)
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A protester holds a placard during a demonstration against the forthcoming Tokyo Olympic Games on June 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)
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US President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga walk through the Colonnade to take part in a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on April 16, 2021 (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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US President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga walk through the Colonnade to take part in a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on April 16, 2021 (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Yoshihide Suga, Japan's prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence on January 07, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan (Photo by Pool/Getty Images)
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Katherine Tai, nominee for US Trade Representative, testifies during the Senate Finance committee hearings to examine her nomination in Washington, DC, on February 25, 2021. (Photo by TASOS KATOPODIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Katherine Tai delivers remarks after being introduced as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next U.S. Trade Representative at the Queen Theater on December 11, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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A destroyed house with a bill which says keep out due to Fear of collapse in Namie, Fukushima prefecture at 10 March 2019. (Photo by Yusuke Harada/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a meeting at the COVID-19 coronavirus infection control headquarters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on January 22, 2021 (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/POOL/AFP)
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A cargo ship navigates one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, near Hambantota, Sri Lanka, on May 2, 2018.
Experts
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
