
WASHINGTON -- Rahm Emanuel, who will soon arrive in Japan as the new U.S. ambassador, has expressed his intention to strengthen the bilateral alliance to realize a "free and open Indo-Pacific" through cooperation between the two countries.
Regarding the vision of a "free and open Indo-Pacific" that Japan has advocated since 2016, Emanuel said, "It was a way of seeing the region, seeing the alliance and seeing ... our North Star, what we're building towards."