Right now, Japan faces challenges unprecedented in recent years. Its alliance with the U.S., which has been the measuring stick for diplomacy, has been shaken.
It is doubtful that the Trump administration faces a greater danger than that of dealing with the Jeffrey Epstein files, because this is a danger that grew from within.
The question is how many countries around the world has North Korea invaded and then maimed and killed its people? This is a far cry from America or even Japan, which the USA is now claiming to be defending by stationing its forces in a country it once nuked into submission.