High level officials usually shy away from public discussion of Japan’s 1941 sneak attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor.

The meeting would come just weeks after Japan holds a general election, a contest that has taken on added international significance amid heightened trade and security tensions in the region ond one in which Takaichi was backed by the US leader.

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing to discuss Japan’s cooperation on the U.S. 'Golden Dome' next-generation missile defense system during her upcoming summit with President Donald Trump in Washington. The proposed collaboration forms part of a broader agenda expected at the summit, including strengthening the Japan-U.S. alliance, economic security, and advanced technology cooperation. The 'Golden Dome' system, revealed by Trump in May, aims to detect and neutralize hypersonic missiles in mid-flight, which travel at speeds above five times the speed of sound and are difficult to track due to their low-altitude, irregular trajectories. The project is projected to cost around $175 billion. Japan and the U.S. have already agreed to jointly develop an interceptor missile to counter hypersonic threats, with deployment planned on Aegis destroyers from both navies by the 2030s. The U.S. is enhancing missile detection via a satellite constellation, and Japan is exploring sharing its space-based projectile tracking data. In addition to defense talks, Takaichi intends to discuss purchasing crude oil from Alaska, highlighting Japan's energy vulnerability amid Middle East conflicts. Both leaders are also expected to approve a $100 million joint shipbuilding project and expand cooperation in AI, robotics, and workforce training in line with a bilateral shipbuilding memorandum signed in 2025.

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Asked at an automotive summit hosted by the Financial Times if he thought the Japanese trade negotiators had moved fast enough to secure lower tariffs in their trade talks, Espinosa said: "I would expect then that they move faster, to be very honest. We do need to get clarity as soon as possible."