Okinawa vote a test of US-Japan military allianceSHINO YUASA
During the Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee, or "2+2" security talks, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with their Japanese counterparts, Yoko Kamikawa and Minoru Kihara. They reaffirmed their alliance and discussed plans to bolster military ...
"The task is obvious: to form a platform for the eventual establishment of NATO's military potential in the Asia-Pacific region. This can hardly be considered in isolation from the trend of the alliance's turn towards Asia with the undisguised goal of containing China, enshrined in the update...
Why has the military dimension of the US-Japan relationship remained the central point of reference for Japanese foreign relations, despite the demise of the Soviet Union? Why has Japan, deepening economic interdependence notwithstanding, remained politically distant from East Asia? Based on analysis ...
The US-Japan alliance, beside the past main objective of containing the Soviet Union, has many valuable missions and benefits in the regional and global context, as well as in the bilateral relations. First, the alliance strongly supports the presence of US forces in the Far East and, ...
Japan has been accelerating its military buildup and has increased joint operations with the U.S., as well as with South Korea, while trying to strengthen its largely domestic defense industry. Japan has significantly eased its arms export restrictions and in December accommodated a U.S. request...
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On the military front, Japan is forming a closer alliance with the US by extending support to the US' allies in East Asia and in other parts of the world, while on the economic front, Tokyo is joining Washington in its "decoupling and breaking chains" strategy against China, Lyu said. ...
President Joe Biden celebrated the relationship between the US and Japan, calling the alliance “stronger than it’s ever been” as he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio for a state visit Wednesday.
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