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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)
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Japan
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The newly elected leader and sitting chairperson of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Shigeru Ishiba, speaks at a press conference following his election on September 27, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/Getty Images)
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US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrive for their meeting during the Quad Leaders Summit in Tokyo on May 24, 2022. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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US and Japanese flags are seen on the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2024. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Mogami-class frigate JS Yubetsu is launched at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Tamano, Japan, on November 14, 2023. (Japanese Ministry of Defense)
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A general view of the exterior of the US Steel Clairton Coke Plant on March 20, 2024, in Clairton, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
Experts
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
