japan s prime minister wants to double the defense spending including buying 400 american tomahawk cruise missiles to send a not so subtle message to china. no stranger to new york. he spent part of his childhood right there in new york and visited washington earlier this year. as you said back in january, when you were at the white house, i think the quote is we face one of the most complex environments in recent history, security environments. and i couldn t agree with you more. but i m proud that the united states and japan are facing it together. when our countries stand together we stand stronger and i believe the whole world is safer. president biden will be in japan through sunday. the trip was supposed to include three-point papua new guinea and australia the unresolved ceiling talks in washington has forced biden to cut his trip short. the president sounded optimistic about his talks before catching a flight to japan. i m confident that we ll get the agreemen