On February 7, President Donald Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office for the first time after both were elected to lead their respective countries. Ishiba, the second foreign leader to meet with President Trump in the Oval Office, participated in a summit that reaffirmed the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance and the two countries’ commitment to a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. However, the summit also raised concerns about the bilateral relationship, as the two countries commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 65th anniversary of the current U.S.-Japan alliance framework amid an increasingly uncertain geostrategic environment.
Please join Yuki Tatsumi, Director of the Japan Program, as she engages in a conversation with Kunihiko Miyake, Director and Special Advisor to the Canon Institute of Global Studies, and Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr., who served as a national security official in the administrations of Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush.
Featured Speakers
Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Chairman Emeritus, Board of Directors, Stimson Center
Kunihiko Miyake, Director and Special Advisor, Canon Institute for Global Studies
Yuki Tatsumi, Senior Fellow, Co-Director of the East Asia Program, Director of the Japan Program, Stimson Center (Moderator)