Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and US President Donald Trump at the White House, February 7, 2025. Image: X

TOKYO — Call it the economic bigotry of low expectations. Japanese and international media outlets are tripping over each other trying to spin Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s first meeting with Donald Trump last Friday (February 7) as a smashing success. It’s made for odd headlines given how few, if any, deliverables with which Ishiba returned […]

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