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Significant part of meeting likely devoted to streamlining respective military bureaucracies for prompt response in event of conflict with Beijing.

The Financial Times said that the plans could amount to the “biggest upgrade” to the bilateral alliance since the signing of the mutual defense treaty more than 60 years ago

Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida are to announce the move to counter China at a White House meeting next month.

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The move does not represent a pull-back from Tokyo’s war drive, but is designed to deflect domestic tensions outwards while pursing Japanese imperialism’s interests on the Korean Peninsula.

A report this week said Japans prime minister wants to sit down with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

His avowed ‘America-first’ approach is said to create unease and uncertainty over handling of South China Sea, Korean peninsula and Ukraine supportUS partners prefer to accelerate bolstering deterrence against likes of China, Russia and North Korea, but moving towards wait-and-see-mode

His avowed ‘America-first’ approach is said to create unease and uncertainty over handling of South China Sea, Korean peninsula and Ukraine support.

For at least three days last week, the second link in the U.S. military chain of command, the man the president would call to order military action in a crisis, was missing in action with no explanation.

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