The two leaders will discuss North Korea’s ballistic missile programs, Russia’s war against Ukraine, and maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
| US President Joe Biden will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on January 13 to discuss North Korea, Ukraine, China’s tensions with Taiwan, and a “free and open Indo-Pacific”, the White House says.
Mr Kishida plans to discuss Tokyo’s new security policy, under which Japan’s biggest military build-up since World War II was unveiled in December, Japan’sThe White House said Mr Biden would reiterate his full support for Japan’s recently released National Security Strategy.“The leaders will celebrate the unprecedented strength of the US-Japan Alliance and will set the course for their partnership in the year ahead,” said the statement from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Japan also took up a two-year term on the UN Security Council on January 1 and holds the rotating monthly presidency of the 15-member body for January.
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