Commentary Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joseph Biden met in Washington on April 16, and both sides declared the meeting a success. The official joint statement issued afterwards was comprehensive and unusually pointed to one particular topic: China. Suga and Biden stated their serious concerns over Chinese activities in the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait. Beijing’s oppression of Hong Kong and the Uyghurs were also mentioned. Both sides pledged to work together to address the Chinese regime’s aggressive behavior—to include having ‘candid conversations’ with Beijing. Japan agreeing to such blunt language towards Beijing is no small matter given that China is next door—and Japanese corporations do huge amounts of business in China. This was, in fact, the first time in 50 years that a Japanese leader joined a U.S. president in a statement on Taiwan. North Korea, the Quad, ASEAN, and …