Michito Tsuruoka is an associate professor of international security at Keio University in Tokyo and a visiting fellow with the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre of Australian National University in Canberra.
Presence of liaison will not affect regional security balance

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo in January: A Tokyo office would likely be staffed by just one person. (Pool via Reuters)
Michito Tsuruoka is an associate professor of international security at Keio University in Tokyo and a visiting fellow with the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre of Australian National University in Canberra.