Japan and the United States are arranging to release a joint document focusing on bilateral security cooperation after the summit between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden to be held in Washington on Friday, it has been learned.
The document is expected to include the further deepening of the Japan-U.S. alliance and the strengthening of cooperation to promote a "free and open Indo-Pacific" vision, based on the revision in December of Japan's three key national security and defense documents, including the National Security Strategy, according to several Japanese government officials.
Kishida pledged to Biden that Japan would greatly strengthen its defense capabilities and increase defense spending during their talks in Tokyo in May last year. The upcoming meeting will be an opportunity for the prime minister to explain the efforts Japan has made since then.
