Japan has canceled an annual high-level meeting with key ally the United States after the Trump administration demanded it spend more on defense, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had been expected to meet Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in Washington on July 1 for the yearly 2+2 security talks.

But Tokyo scrapped the meeting after the U.S. asked Japan to boost defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product, higher than an earlier request of 3%, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Fuck 'em, it's obvious they wouldn't do anything to help as allies - why do what they want?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Why would Japan want to speak with an enemy country about their defences? Of course they backed out.

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Be strong and wise, Japan. The US is no longer anyone's ally.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    All nations should take this approach. When the U.S. acts like an ass, respond with "Fuck it. I'm out." Let Trump come crawling to them.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Japan seems to be one of the few countries that stands up to the Orange Toddler administration.

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