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Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will be the first U.S. ally to visit the White House since President Trump asked for help in sending ships to patrol the Strait of Hormuz.

Japan isn't currently planning to send warships to the Middle East, Japan's defense minister said Monday. "We are not considering dispatching the SDF at this moment," Shinjiro Koizumi said in ...