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Japan Worries If US ‘Nuclear Umbrella’ Will Open When Needed

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Japan Worries If US ‘Nuclear Umbrella’ Will Open When Needed
SH-60K patrol helicopters take off from the Japanese DDH Hyuga aircrast carrier during a 2009 fleet review in Sagami Bay, Japan's Kanagawa prefecture, on Oct. 25, 2009. Katsumi Kasahara/AFP via Getty Images
Grant Newsham
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin included an extended deterrence dialogue (EDD) when they met with their Japanese counterparts in Tokyo on July 28 for “2+2” security talks.

Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
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Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region. He is a senior fellow with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Tokyo) and Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the best selling book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”
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