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Is the shine coming off the US-Japan ‘golden age’?
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US President Donald with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a press conference at the White House on Feb 7.
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“A friendship like few others” is how US President Donald Trump described the US-Japan relationship in January, declaring his confidence that “the cherished alliances between our two countries will continue to flourish long into the future!”
Not even half a year later, is the shine already coming off what was heralded as a new “golden age” of ties between the two nations?
