By George Glass / U.S. Ambassador to Japan

7:00 JST, November 7, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump was in Japan last week. U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass talks about the importance of his visit in the following contribution to The Japan News.

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The heartfelt welcome Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi received aboard the USS George Washington in Yokosuka last week will be remembered as a defining one in the history of U.S.-Japan relations. Standing before thousands of cheering American and Japanese personnel, President Donald Trump introduced the energetic, new leader of the United States’ most important Indo-Pacific ally as “a winner.”

It was an electrifying occasion and one that captured perfectly both the strength and unity of the U.S.-Japan alliance and the rapport between the two leaders. It felt like the beginning of an exciting, new chapter in this golden age of U.S.-Japan relations.

The scene on board the aircraft carrier was one of many memorable moments from the president’s wildly........

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