United States SRES 652: A resolution recognizing the importance of the United States-Japan Alliance and welcoming the visit of Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to the United States.

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119TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION S. RES. 652
Recognizing the importance of the United States-Japan Alliance and
welcoming the visit of Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to the United States.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 19, 2026
Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. RISCH, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr.
RICKETTS, Mr. KIM, Mr. WICKER, Mr. COONS, Mr. SCOTT of Florida,
and Mr. SULLIVAN) submitted the following resolution; which was consid-
ered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Recognizing the importance of the United States-Japan Alli-
ance and welcoming the visit of Prime Minister Takaichi
Sanae to the United States.
Whereas the United States-Japan alliance remains a corner-
stone of peace, security, and prosperity and underscores
the unwavering commitment of the United States to
Japan and the Indo-Pacific region;
Whereas United States President Donald J. Trump and Jap-
anese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae held their first offi-
cial meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on October 28, 2025, and
signed a joint document in which they ‘‘confirmed their
strong commitment to implementing’’ the Agreement be-
tween the United States and Japan announced on July
22, 2025, and ‘‘instructed relevant ministers and secre-
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taries to take further steps for a new golden age of the
ever-growing U.S.-Japan Alliance’’;
Whereas Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae made history with
her election in October 2025 as Japan’s first-ever female
prime minister;
Whereas the United States and Japan established diplomatic
relations with the signing of the Treaty of Peace and
Amity on March 31, 1854;
Whereas 2026 marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of
the Treaty of San Francisco by the United States, Japan
and 47 other nations on September 8, 1951, which for-
mally ended the state of war and restored full sovereignty
to Japan;
Whereas 2026 marks the 66th anniversary of the signing of
the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between
the United States and Japan on June 19, 1960, an
agreement that succeeded the Security Treaty between
the United States and Japan of September 8, 1951;
Whereas, over the last 8 decades, the partnership built on
democratic values and shared commitment to security
and prosperity between the United States and Japan has
grown from the end of World War II into one of the most
consequential alliances in the world;
Whereas the United States-Japan alliance continues to ad-
vance the national security, economic security, and en-
ergy security of both nations;
Whereas, to strengthen the United States-Japan alliance,
Japan has committed to fundamentally strengthen its ca-
pabilities for national defense, deterrence, and response;
Whereas Japan achieved its goal of spending 2 percent of
gross domestic product on defense before March 2026;
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Whereas Japan will revise its National Security Strategy, Na-
tional Defense Strategy, and Defense Buildup Program
during 2026 to account for changes in the security envi-
ronment since the last revision of these documents in De-
cember 2022;
Whereas the United States and Japan have deepened their
defense cooperation through foreign military sales, co-de-
velopment and co-production, frequent bilateral and mul-
tilateral exercises, and across domains that include space
and cyber;
Whereas the Government of Japan shares the costs of sta-
tioning approximately 55,000 members of the United
States Armed Forces, civilians, and their family members
in Japan, and enables the United States to forward de-
ploy significant military assets to meet the alliance’s cur-
rent and future security challenges;
Whereas, on July 1, 2014, the cabinet of then-Japan Prime
Minister Abe Shinzo approved a reinterpretation of Arti-
cle 9 of the Constitution of Japan with respect to the ex-
ercise of collective self-defense when the ‘‘Government
has reached a conclusion that not only when an armed
attack against Japan occurs but also when an armed at-
tack against a foreign country that is in a close relation-
ship with Japan occurs and as a result threatens Japan’s
survival and poses a clear danger to fundamentally over-
turn people’s right to life, liberty and pursuit of happi-
ness, and when there is no other appropriate means avail-
able to repel the attack and ensure Japan’s survival and
protect its people’’;
Whereas on March 29, 2016, the Legislation for Peace and
Security, which enhances the deterrence of the Japan-
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U.S. Alliance for the peace and stability in the Asia-Pa-
cific region, entered into force;
Whereas the extended deterrence commi