Japan's leader holds on to power but faces Trump challenge

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : "Certainly, I don't think Trump would be a welcome partner.
64% : The U.S.-Japan alliance is the "cornerstone" of Japan's diplomacy and security, said Ishiba, who said he and Trump had pledged to "work together to take the Japan-U.S. alliance to new heights" in a phone call after Trump's election victory last week.
52% : While Abe was "extraordinarily skillful" in dealing with Trump, Ishiba has a different personality, Boling said.
36% : Takahiro Mori, vice chairman of Nippon Steel, told reporters last week that the company hoped to close the deal by the end of the year, before Trump takes office.
35% : Many Japanese officials assume Trump is going to be "more straightforwardly anti-China," and that Japan will be "somehow miraculously left off the hook," he said.
30% : "He's known to be something of a defense intellectual, and I'm not sure that's going to work that well with Trump.
25% : Though Japan has already pledged to double defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product by 2027, "that's probably not going to be enough to satisfy Trump," Boling said.
14% : President Joe Biden, Trump and his Democratic rival in the U.S. presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris, had all come out against the deal.

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