William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, left, never flatters U.S. President Donald Trump. The two held a joint news conference at the White House in Washington on Feb. 7. © Reuters
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