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Welcome. This is our voices for Japan Program at the stimson center. This is the annual event that Japan Program hosts to invite those whom we often do not get to listen to here in washington. This year i am extremely honored to have these leaders. Have been my mentors and i respect them deeply. They have taught me 70 things over the years and that time that i have known them. Im very happy that they agreed to come to washington and talk to us this morning. You all have a bio, their detailed bio...

This is the annual event the Stimson Center hosts. To listen to here in washington. This year i am extremely honored to have these leaders. Have been my mentors and i respect them deeply. They have taught me 70 things over the years and that time that i have known them. Im very happy that they agreed to come to washington and talk to us this morning. You all have a bio, their detailed bio in the program in your seat. I will save you from a lengthy introduction. Very quickly to my immediate left ...

Refused to spell out what you do in the future and expect people to give you a blank check. You can sit and wait for the british people to come back to you, but dont hold your breath. [applause] if there is one area all of the parties need to put politics aside, it is europe. Britains place in it. The conservatives have this bizarre view that we can turn our back on europe and still lead in the world. As if we will be taken seriously by the american, chinese, indian, all the big superpowers of t...

The second time. Un chief warns that while it will come to count those in the Central African republic. For killing hundreds. Ukrainian president viktor chemical which sits down to negotiations with opposition leaders said the government had to mount the tv. Welcome to cctv new slide from preaching until we start in the dprk countrys leader kim jong un as expected another Tree Institute for design make and it pays foster appearances since the execution of his once powerful uncle. During his visi...

Japan’s defense minister said Tokyo would accelerate the purchase of the stand-off cruise missiles “in light of the increasingly severe security environment.”

To counter China’s growing military threat and coercive tactics, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has increased Japan’s diplomatic, economic, and security initiatives as well as expanded its coordination with regional partners. Japan has been increasingly direct in its criticism of Beijing’s sovereignty transgressions, human rights violations, and efforts to intimidate its neighbors while more directly linking its security to that of Taiwan.

Japan's new foreign policy outlook signals that the country isready to  move from a purely self-defense security strategytoward regional concerns,  particularly challenges posed byChina and North Korea, but the United States  and Japan shouldnot allow expectations for the alliance and future cooperation to outpace current realities and challenges

Still missing in action is a well-considered plan based on a proper threat assessment, that lays out what Japan needs, and needs to do to defend itself.

During his upcoming trip to South Korea and Japan, President Joe Biden should affirm the U.S. commitment to defending our allies against increasing Chinese and North Korean military threats. China is the preeminent global security threat, and enhancing both alliances are critical to augmenting Washington’s ability to counter threats to U.S. strategic interests. Biden should also urge Seoul and Tokyo to assume larger regional security roles.

Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, was a brutal reminder of the potential for authoritarian countries to attack smaller countries on their periphery. Moscow’s assault should also be a catalyst for enhancing deterrence against Chinese expansionism in the Indo–Pacific region.