HIRONO, HAGERTY LEAD COLLEAGUES IN INTRODUCING BIPARTISAN SENATE RESOLUTION WELCOMING JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI TO THE UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in introducing a Senate resolution to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during her visit to the United States this week.

The resolution reaffirms the strong and enduring U.S.-Japan alliance, applauds Japan for reaching defense spending equal to two percent of its gross domestic product, and expresses strong support for joint efforts to address regional and global challenges to national, economic, and energy security. It also praises deepening trilateral relations among the United States, Japan, and South Korea, and supports Tokyo's determinatio...