; Whereas the United States and Japan have deepened their defense cooperation through various bilateral and multilateral exercises and across domains that include space and cyber; Whereas the Government of Japan shares the costs of stationing approximately 55,000 members of the United States Armed Forces, civilians, and family members in Japan, and enables the United States to forward deploy significant military resources such as the USS Ronald Reagan and the F–35 Joint Strike Fighter, to meet the alliance’s current and future security challenges; Whereas the United States extended deterrence commitments to Japan remain ironclad and backed by the full range of United States capabilities; Whereas the Senkaku Islands fall within the scope of Article V of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security; Whereas a strong trilateral relationship between and among the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan is vital for promoting Indo-Pacific security, defending freedom and democracy, and upholding human rights and rule of law; Whereas, in August 2023, Japan Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, Republic of Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol, and United States President Joseph R. Biden announced a new era of trilateral partnership at the Camp David Summit, including a commitment to consult in an expeditious manner regarding regional challenges, provocations, and threats affecting trilateral collective interests and security; Whereas the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea have deepened mutual cooperation and dialogue in a series of fields, including— (1) the trilateral Indo-Pacific Dialogue; (2) the expansion of a multi-year schedule for trilateral military exercises, including the first-ever trilateral aerial exercise; (3) the activation of the real-time Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile warning data sharing mechanism; (4) the establishment of new trilateral people-to-people exchanges, including a trilateral youth summit and a technology leaders training program