In a Japan-U.S. joint leaders¡¯ statement issued in May following a meeting in Tokyo, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed to work together to strengthen deterrence, while calling on China ¡°to contribute to arrangements that reduce nuclear risks, increase transparency, and advance nuclear disarmament.¡±
The move by the leaders of Japan and the United States to release a joint statement requesting China to advance nuclear disarmament was a rare one.
The same phrase appeared also in the Japan-U.S. joint statement on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) issued in January, indicating the two countries¡¯ increasing focus on China¡¯s nuclear capabilities.
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