Will Takaichi's Japan engage with Quad, Squad or new 'Asian Quad'?

Defense chiefs of US, Japan, Australia and Philippines to meet soon

20251007 Squad in Singapore

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth holds a Squad defense ministers meeting in Singapore with counterparts from Japan, Australia and the Philippines on May 31. (U.S. Department of Defense)

KEN MORIYASU

WASHINGTON -- As Japan's likely new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, sits down to formulate foreign policy, she will have a variety of multilateral groupings to engage with.

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