In an exclusive interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun on Friday, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel expressed his view that the partnership between Japan and the United States had entered a new stage of considering "how to project the alliance into a larger domain that is helpful to the alliance" and to other countries in the Indo-Pacific region. The ambassador also emphasized that the Japan-U.S. summit meeting between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden in May had fostered a relationship of trust between the leaders.
This is the second time Emanuel has given an interview to The Yomiuri Shimbun, following one prior to his arrival in Japan.
