Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump refrained from engaging in detailed discussions about Japan's defense spending during their first summit on Tuesday, but Washington is expected to press Tokyo to shoulder more of the burden in the near future.The summit in Tokyo came days after Takaichi, who became Japan's first female leader last week, pledged in her first parliamentary speech Friday to raise defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product by March, two years ahead of the previous target.Security experts say Takaichi needs to demonstrate her commitment b…READ FULL ARTICLE
