Japan Forges Bilateral Security Agreements

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (second from left above) met with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington in mid-January after meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome, French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London.

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Japan is not only investing in modernizing its military technology to counter a growing Chinese presence in the Asia-Pacific region but also knitting closer bilateral ties with allies. On Jan. 11, U.S. and Japanese officials announced a series of new agreements, a new military unit and an increase...

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