According to experts, the United States is seeking to increase cooperation between allies in the region to strengthen the defense alliance to counter China's growing military pressure.
On Wednesday, April 10, as part of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to the United States, he will meet with President Joe Biden, the main topic of which is improving coordination between the defense industries of the two countries. Bloomberg writes about this.
The two leaders plan to work on forming a defense industry council and security issues in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in the South China Sea, to create a multi-layered defense network with other allied countries.
First of all, as the publication's insiders report, we are talking about expanding the powers and functions of workers at Japanese shipyards that service US Navy ships. This will improve coordination and logistics of maintenance of American ships and help cope with the shortage of workers of certain skills.
In addition, the United States, together with Japan, will discuss the production of the Patriot-3 missile as a new project of the Defense Industry Council. The system is currently produced in Japan, but is subject to significant cost overruns, so the new project is aimed at finding a more efficient weapon system.
Tripartite Alliance
On Thursday, April 11, a meeting of the leaders of three countries is planned - the United States, Japan and the Philippines, which indicates the strengthening of defense potential in the South China Sea, where joint military exercises of the three countries, joined by Australia, were held.
As the agency notes, the United States is seeking to intensify the activities of allies in the region among themselves in order to strengthen the defense alliance in order to counter the growing military pressure from China. In addition, the negotiations in Washington will touch upon the topic of Japan's assistance within the framework of such regional blocs as AUKUS, a security group that includes the United States, Great Britain and Australia.
"Although Japan does not intend to join the grouping, Japan's participation in AUKUS under the so-called 'second pillar' will mean joining the work to jointly develop advanced defense capabilities," the agency clarified.
In addition, Biden and Kishida will discuss joint efforts to resolve the situation in other global hot spots - support for Ukraine in its war against Russian aggression, Israeli military operations against Hamas militants, and the nuclear and missile threat from the DPRK.
As Japanese Ambassador to the United States Shigeo Yamada noted on Monday, April 8, the Japanese government under the leadership of Fumio Kishida firmly supports Kyiv.
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