Prospects for Strengthening US- Japan Through Economic Security - By Kotaro Shiojiri

Specifically, Japanese becomes the next US president, it is highly likely politicians and bureaucrats began to develop that economic security will be a continued focus and implement policies designed to realize an of US policy in the next administration regardless economic structure that would better support of the actual election outcomes.9 the protection of Japan’s national interests, such Prosp. [...] to economic security guided by principles of strategic autonomy, strategic indispensability, Finally, Japan has demonstrated both continuity and promotion of a free and open international in its desire for partnership with the United order.15 This strategy is anchored in the Economic States and in its sustained focus on economic Security Promotion Act passed in May 2022, security. [...] Regardless of the outcome of the LDP advanced critical technologies.16 Additionally, presidential election, all the leading candidates Japan has enacted substantial additional have signaled they intend to maintain continuity measures to promote strategic industries and in economic security policies and in seeking is developing a security clearance program that stronger partnership with the United. [...] Economic country.20 Along with differences in the level security and economic coercion were also key of US and Japanese dependency on the PRC – topics during Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s both for specific goods and services and in the State visit in April 2024. [...] Realizing the potential of allied economic security cooperation with Japan and other key Second, the upcoming US election has fueled partners will be in the interest of the United economic nationalist sentiments in the United States.