The United States and Japan on Jan. 11 unveiled new plans to strengthen their alliance amid growing threats from North Korea and communist China, including extending security cooperation to outer space.
In a joint statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and their Japanese counterparts, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, stressed the importance of the U.S.-Japan Alliance, which Blinken said has served as “the cornerstone of peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific,” for over seven decades.
“We’re committed to upholding shared values of democracy and human rights, defending the international rule of law, continuing to lead the world in tackling global challenges that no one country can solve alone, like the climate crisis and deadly viruses,” Blinken said….