16 Mar 2021
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken cautioned Tuesday that America would not standby if communist China resorts to “coercion and aggression” to get what it wants as he endeavored to use his first trip overseas to strengthen Asian alliances facing growing aggressiveness at the hands of Beijing.
Amid the deterioration of U.S.-Sino relations, the United States come out against what it described as China’s “unlawful” territorial claims in the East and the South China Sea have become a paramount security concern for Japan and other American allies in the region.
During a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, and the Asian country’s Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, Blinken declared:
FOCUS: Japan expects deterrence to keep China in check over Senkakus
Japan has confirmed an interpretation of an existing law allowing its coast guard to directly fire a weapon against a foreign vessel it believes is aiming to land people on the Senkaku Islands, a change government officials and experts believe will boost Tokyo s deterrence against Beijing s perceived attempts to seize the Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea.
After Beijing implemented a law on Feb. 1 allowing its coast guard to use weapons against foreign ships that China sees as illegally entering its waters, ruling Liberal Democratic Party members have been seeking a counterstrategy to deter such activities.
Monday, 22 March 2021, 05:25
Defense ministers of Ukraine and Japan meet online
17.03.2021 17:30
Ukrinform
Minister of Defense of Ukraine Andrii Taran and Minister of Defense of Japan Nobuo Kishi held a two-hour online meeting, during which they discussed a very wide range of issues.
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Japan Serhiy Korsunsky wrote about this on his Facebook page. The online meeting of the defense ministers of Ukraine and Japan lasted for two hours - twice as long as planned. A frank and useful discussion on an extremely wide range of issues. No compromises on the content due to the chosen online form. Details will be disclosed in the official reports of the defense ministries of the two countries, Korsunsky wrote.
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US and Japan Slam China in Joint Statement After Top Officials Meet Secretary of State Blinken and Secretary of Defense Austin met with Japanese officials in Tokyo
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with their Japanese counterparts in Tokyo on Tuesday. The US and Japan released a joint statement on the meeting where they slammed China and said the two countries are committed to opposing Beijing in the region.
“The United States and Japan acknowledged that China’s behavior, where inconsistent with the existing international order, presents political, economic, military, and technological challenges to the Alliance and to the international community,” the statement said.
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