In his first visit to Washington as prime minister, Fumio Kishida secured a ringing endorsement from U.S. President Joe Biden for Tokyo¡¯s ¡°bold leadership¡± in fundamentally reinforcing its defense capabilities amid growing challenges from China, North Korea and Russia.
Kishida¡¯s meeting with Biden at the White House on Friday was a victory lap for the Japanese leader, with the two formally setting in stone the course for the U.S.-Japan alliance for the coming years.
¡°We¡¯re modernizing our military alliance, building on Japan¡¯s historic increase in defense spending and new National Security Strategy,¡± Biden said as the two leaders met. ¡°Let me be crystal clear: The United States is fully, thoroughly, completely committed to the alliance and, more importantly, to ... the defense of Japan.¡±
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