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

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)
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.