Ep. 107 | Japanese History and the US-Japan Alliance

Providence Managing Editor James Diddams is joined by Japan Society President & CEO Joshua Walker to discuss Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent electoral victory and what it signals for Japan's emergence as a more proactive actor in international affairs. While many Americans date U.S.-Japan relations to December 7, 1941, the relationship in fact stretches back to the 19th century,…