October 30, 2025

Akahata editorial (excerpts)

Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and U.S. President Donald Trump on October 28 visited the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Geroge Washington at the U.S. Yokosuka Naval Base (Kanagawa Pref.) and delivered speeches. News videos regarding their visit showed that in front of a crowd of U.S. troops aboard the USS George Washington, PM Takaichi stood beside President Trump with an ear-to-ear smile and positioned her right arm in the air, jumping up and down in excitement. As the prime minister of a sovereign nation, her behavior was embarrassing to witness.

The U.S. Yokosuka base is the only U.S. military overseas installation where the U.S. deploys an aircraft carrier, which is the backbone of its massive military force structure. The base is a symbol of the violation of Japan’s sovereignty under the Japan-U.S. alliance. PM Takaichi is said to become the first Japanese prime minister to speak on a U.S. aircraft carrier. In her speech, she gleefully said that together with Trump, she will elevate the Japan-U.S. alliance, which she described as the greatest alliance in the world, to another dimension.

In a summit with Trump held ahead of their visit to the Geroge Washington, PM Takaichi stressed that she wants to work together to create a new golden age for the bilateral alliance. On the day, what PM Takaichi indicated by her remarks and behavior was her submissive stance aimed at currying favor of President Trump who ignores international law as well as international cooperation with his “America first” doctrine.

It is reported that Takaichi in the summit meeting expressed her intent to recommend President Trump for the Noble Peace Prize. This, in spite of the fact that Trump gives his full backing to Israel in its campaign of genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and in spite of the fact that the Trump administration made a preemptive strike on nuclear facilities in Iran in order to support Israel. It is outrageous that PM Takaichi plans to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, a person who should be condemned for enabling the genocide and for flagrantly violating the UN Charter and international law.