Amid discussion of Japan joining the trilateral AUKUS partnership between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, exclusive USSC polling conducted in the United States, Australia and Japan found that a majority of Americans and Australians want Japan to join AUKUS. Japanese respondents themselves were less sure of the agreement, with 39 per cent in favour of it while the majority of the remaining expressed no opinion on it.

Percentage of Australian, US and Japanese respondents agreeing that the AUKUS partnershipshould be expanded to include Japan

Percentage of Australian, US and Japanese respondents agreeing that the AUKUS partnershipshould be expanded to include Japan
Source: USSC