Okunoshima has become famous globally as Japan's Instagrammable "Rabbit Island," but little is known about its dark history as a host to a wartime poison gas factory and weapons plant. Today, people come to enjoy the picturesque views of the Seto Inland Sea from campgrounds and hiking trails in the Inland Sea National Park,

President Trump will get to decide where to invest Japanese money and the United States will keep 90 percent of the profits, the White House said.

Aside from the question of growth, the question is whether policymakers can reorient the country’s future trajectory before serious problems set in.

U.S. Congress and the American public support a stronger alliance with Japan, and the Trump administration’s own strategy to compete with China cannot succeed without Japan’s help. But that does not seem to bother the president.