00:00And, Derek, Trump is urging Japan to support security efforts in the Strait of Hormuz.
00:06What role is Japan likely to play?
00:09You mentioned a bit on it, but let's go more into detail.
00:14Well, Japan, I think, has been clear that sending warships to help counter Iran in the Strait of Hormuz is
00:21simply off the table.
00:23It's something that can't be legally justified within the Japanese system.
00:30Basically, Japan would have to be attacked or somehow involved in the war already in order to do that.
00:37But Takahichi knows that Trump wants Japan to do more.
00:42And so he was OK with her issuing essentially a fairly vague statement that Japan would try to support where
00:52it can and how it can without getting into the specific details.
00:56And apparently that was that was enough to satiate Trump.
01:00You know, again, a lot of things related to Trump is relevant to his mood in the moment.
01:07Right. And it turns out he was in a fairly good mood when they met.
01:11And so I guess maybe he let it slide and did not challenge her in public to offer more support.
01:17But you see, the issue that I've always felt when looking at these types of situations is that it's day
01:24to day.
01:24So he was in a good mood today, but maybe tomorrow he won't be.
01:28And so it's it's very unclear how this is going to play out in the future, especially if the war
01:33continues to intensify and the U.S. is going to increasingly be in need of the support of allies and
01:41partners like Japan to deal with the crisis and the conflict.
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