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Biden and Kishida Aim to Strengthen Defense, but Don’t Get Your Hopes up Yet

Biden and Kishida Aim to Strengthen Defense, but Don’t Get Your Hopes up Yet
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) greets Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio as he arrives at the White House in Washington on Jan. 13, 2023. Fumio is meeting with Biden to reaffirm the U.S.-Japan strategic relationship in the Indo-Pacific as military tensions rise in the region. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Grant Newsham
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The Financial Times recently reported that when President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meet in April, they will announce a plan to restructure the relationship between U.S. and Japanese forces in Japan. The objective is to improve operational planning and exercises, with an eye to better handling the threat from communist China.
Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
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Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region. He is a senior fellow with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Tokyo) and Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the best selling book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”
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