According to the White House, options for deepening and improving security and economic relations between the countries will be discussed.
Radar facilities on the Japanese island of Yonaguni, near the disputed Senkaku Islands, which are claimed by Japan as well as China and Taiwan.
(dpa)
American President Joe Biden plans to visit Japan and South Korea from May 20-24. The trip is intended to promote the US government’s “unwavering commitment” to a free and open Indo-Pacific and to the United States’ contractual alliances with its allies South Korea and Japan, said US government headquarters spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Wednesday in Washington. Among other things, bilateral meetings are planned with the newly elected South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and the Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. Ways to deepen and improve security and economic relations should be discussed.
“The neighbors South Korea and Japan are dependent on the nuclear protective umbrella of the USA to deter North Korea, among others.” The USA also has 28,500 soldiers stationed in South Korea. Japan is also a key US ally in the region. South Korea, Japan and the USA see the North Korean missiles as a major threat. US talks with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program have been at a standstill for more than three years.
Japan is also concerned about repeated incursions by Chinese ships into waters around the Senkaku Islands, a Japanese-controlled archipelago in the East China Sea that is also claimed by China and Taiwan. The US says it stands by its commitment to defend Japan in the event of a military attack. This also applies to the Senkaku Islands.