The leaders of Japan, the United States and South Korea will agree Friday on a range of initiatives to make their framework of cooperation more durable, leveraging the benefits of the recent rapprochement between the two Asian neighbors amid China's growing clout and North Korea's escalating threat.
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.
Japan and the United States will jointly develop a new type of missile to intercept hypersonic projectiles being developed by countries such as North Korea, China and Russia, according to government sources said Monday.