Senior U.S. and Japanese officials tend to be very careful with public comments about Japan's 1941 sneak attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor. So, there was embarrassment, confusion and unease in Japan after President Donald Trump casually used the World War II episode to justify his secrecy before launching the war against Iran. The discomfort was shown in Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's face, with her sitting awkwardly at Trump's side as he spoke

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