While committed to the bilateral US-Japan alliance, Ozawa has said that Japan’s security requires the continued presence only of the US Seventh Fleet, not of US ground troops. Evidently, he is trying to redefine the relationship, probably with a view to enhancing Japan’s freedom of maneuver in foreign and security policy.
小泽支持美日双边同盟，但认为日本仅需要美军继续留驻第七舰队，而非地面部队。他似乎倾向于重新定义美日关系以扩大日本在外交和防务领域的回旋余地。