That the House of Representatives— (1) welcomes Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to the United States; (2) reaffirms the strong and longstanding partnership between the United States and Japan, rooted in a shared commitment to upholding peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond; (3) stands ready to support efforts to build a more capable and modernized alliance to address regional and global security challenges; (4) applauds the Government of Japan’s commitment to defense modernization, including its goal to increase defense spending to 2 percent of the gross domestic product by 2027; (5) reaffirms the commitment of the United States to the defense of Japan under Article V of the Japan-United States Security Treaty; (6) reaffirms that the Senkaku Islands fall within the scope of Article V of the United States-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, and that the United States remains opposed to any unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East China Sea or undermine Japan’s administration of these islands; (7) recognizes the unprecedented convergence of the national security and defense strategies between our two nations as well as the need to further bolster deterrence in the Indo-Pacific; (8) supports Japan’s efforts to expand security cooperation with other United States allies and partners, most notably with the Republic of Korea, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, and India; (9) applauds recent advancements in trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, as well as bilateral Japan-Republic of Korea relations; (10) encourages efforts to strengthen engagement with Japan in bilateral and multilateral forums, including the Quad; (11) acknowledges Japan’s leadership as the G7 host nation in 2023, including its coordination among G7 members to address economic coercion, as well as the announcement of the G7 AI Principles and Code of Conduct, and focus on support for Ukraine