In this week’s podcast interview, WPR’s Elliot Waldman talks with Sheila Smith about the evolution of Japan’s military strategy and how Tokyo is reevaluating its security posture in response to a militarily ascendant China, a nuclear North Korea, and an erratic and unreliable Trump administration.

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