WASHINGTON -- The Western world is looking to Tokyo to uphold the free and open international order in ways that it has never before, a bipartisan group of Japan analysts in Washington said in a report released Thursday.
As U.S. turns inward, Tokyo needs to carry the alliance, bilateral group says

Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage speaks at a press conference at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on April 4. (Photo by Ken Moriyasu)
WASHINGTON -- The Western world is looking to Tokyo to uphold the free and open international order in ways that it has never before, a bipartisan group of Japan analysts in Washington said in a report released Thursday.