Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden are expected to agree Friday on a plan to develop a new type of missile capable of intercepting hypersonic weapons when they meet near Washington for one-on-one talks.
The United States, Japan, and South Korea will announce Friday a "commitment to consult" trilaterally in times of "any security contingency," a high-ranking White House official said.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Thursday to bolster relations with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts to address security threats from North Korea, before heading to the United States for their upcoming summit.
U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington on Jan. 13 to further deepen ties between the two countries, the White House has announced, saying that they will discuss issues ranging from North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile threats to maintaining peace over Taiwan.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden have agreed to coordinate closely over sanctions against Russia, including a price cap on Russian oil, a Japanese government official says.