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    US and Japan's new defense strategy sends stark warning to China

    by Courtney Subramanian, Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Jan 13, 2023 4 minutes
    A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Type 10 battle tank fires ammunition during a live fire exercise at East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba on May 28, 2022.

    WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Friday, a meeting intended to signal a more confrontational approach to China as Tokyo's defense turns south toward the Taiwan Strait.

    Kishida is pushing for a larger defense role for Japan in the Indo-Pacific region as his country and the U.S. face down threats on multiple fronts: a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, a nuclear-armed North Korea and Russia's continued assault on Ukraine.

    Before Kishida's visit, the U.S. and Japan agreed on Wednesday to upgrade their security cooperation by equipping Tokyo with long-range missiles and refitting a U.S. Marine unit in Japan to confront Beijing's military buildup in the region —

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