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Richard L. Armitage

Armitage is the president and founding partner of Armitage International, L.C. He previously served as U.S. deputy secretary of state in the George W. Bush administration.

The Japanese translation of this article appeared in The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Xxx. XX issue.

Yuichi Hosoya

Yuichi Hosoya is a professor of international politics at Keio University and the author of numerous books on British, European and Japanese politics and foreign affairs, including “Security Politics in Japan: Legislation for a New Security Environment,” and he is the coeditor of “Modern Japan’s Place in World History: From Meiji to Reiwa.”

The original article in Japanese appeared in the Xxx. XX issue of The Yomiuri Shimbun.