
The United States and Japan have unveiled plans to strengthen their military alliance to help counter threats from North Korea and China, which they believe pose the greatest security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region.
After Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's recent trip to Paris, where he and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged increased security cooperation in what Japan calls the "free and open Indo-Pacific", Kishida headed to the Americas, where he is to meet US President Joe Biden.