US, Japan to Discuss Bolstering Security Alliance Amid China Concerns

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) listens as Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (R) makes opening remarks during a meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) foreign ministers in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 11, 2022. Sandra Sanders/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

The United States and Japan will hold talks between their foreign and defense ministers about strengthening their security alliance in the face of communist China’s growing military threats, Japan’s government said on Jan. 6.

Japan’s Minister of Defense Yasukazu Hamada and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi will meet with their U.S. counterparts, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Washington on Jan. 11.