TOKYO: Shigeru Ishiba, tapped to be Japan's next prime minister, may cause diplomatic headaches for the US with proposals to revamp Tokyo's closest alliance by locking Washington into an "Asian NATO" and s
Destroyer ships of the Republic of Korea Navy and Japan Japan ese Maritime Self-Defense Force sail alongside the US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn while conducting a trilateral ballistic missile defence exercise in the Sea of Japan on Jul 16, 2023. , may cause diplomatic headaches for the US with proposals to revamp Tokyo's closest alliance by locking Washington into an"Asian NATO " and stationing Japan ese troops on US soil.
The NATO idea, however, has already been rejected by Washington, with Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, dismissing it as hasty. Since its defeat in World War Two, Japan has been in the embrace of Washington, which provides protection with its nuclear arsenal and has an aircraft carrier, fighter jets and some 50,000 troops in Japan.
The new security alliance, Ishiba said, could even share control of Washington's nuclear weapons as a deterrent against Japan's nuclear-armed neighbours.Campaigning before Friday's vote, Ishiba said he wanted to rebalance Japan's alliance with the US, including greater oversight of US military bases in Japan - a regular source of friction with locals.
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