Joshua W. Walker is president and CEO of the Japan Society.
Back to the future with Tokyo, Washington's most underappreciated ally


A turret from an old tank set in the ground in front of a lighthouse on Kunashiri Island, one of the Russian-held Southern Kuril Islands known in Japan as the Northern Territories: The Cold War is still very much alive in Japan. © AP
Joshua W. Walker is president and CEO of the Japan Society.