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North Korea Tops Agenda for US-Japan-South Korea Meeting
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Mar 14, 2021
After four turbulent years of Donald Trump’s “America First,” officials in Japan will be hoping for a strong commitment to the alliance and clarity of the United States’ vision for the region during a visit to Tokyo by U.S. President Joe Biden’s top diplomat and defense chief.
But while the U.S. officials won’t be offering up a complete strategy for the Indo-Pacific just yet, both parties will use the meeting to set the agenda for the alliance, making abundantly clear the shifting U.S. and Japanese perceptions of China.
At the first “two-plus-two” meeting of the countries’ top diplomats and defense chiefs since 2019, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will hold talks with Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi on Tuesday. The four will tackle a variety of issues, including bolstering the alliance, reining in nuclear-armed North Korea, dealing with the coup in Myanmar, as
17 February 2021
Author: Yuki Tatsumi, Stimson Center
Japan’s 2021 defence budget is set to be its largest ever, continuing a near decade-long trend set in motion by former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Under Abe’s watch, Japan has increased its defence budget every year since 2005. The uptick in spending has continued since Abe left office in September 2020 last December, the Ministry of Defense released its revised budget request for the 2021 fiscal year totalling approximately 5.3 trillion yen (US$50.2 billion).
This upward trend has at times been sensationalised as a return to militarism, with critics pointing to new capabilities introduced during Abe’s tenure. Recent examples include the indigenous development of long-range surface-to-air missiles and other ‘standoff capabilities’ to replace the cancelled Aegis Ashore missile defence program. The Aegis system will be replaced with destroyers and long-range cruise missiles based on the surface-to-air missiles already
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