By Yutaka Iimura,Senior Fellow at GRIPS Alliance,Visiting Professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies,Former Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia and to France
On October 28, 2025, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump held their first summit meeting at the Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo—an encounter marked by an atmosphere of exceptional warmth and mutual admiration.
On February 1, 2023, the second anniversary of the coup, the State Administration Council (SAC), the top decision-making body of Myanmar’s military regime, announced extending the state of emergency.