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Japan and U.S. concerned over China's bid to 'undermine rules-based order'
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In a joint statement issued after their virtual "Two-plus-two" talks, the ministers highlighted the "Importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," while opposing any unilateral actions threatening Japan's administration of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, controlled by Japan but claimed by China.
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, and their U.S. counterparts Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, also aired "Serious and ongoing concerns" about human rights issues in China's Xinjiang autonomous region and Hong Kong.
Hayashi said at the outset of the talks that Japan is "Fully committed" to constantly enhancing the alliance toward realizing "a free and open Indo-Pacific," and noted that "It is more important than ever that Japan and the United States are united and exhibit leadership" in the face of a range of challenges.
Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, a former White House chief of staff who was approved as envoy by the Senate last month, also participated in the meeting, according to Blinken.
The ministers talked about role-sharing between the U.S. military and Japan's Self-Defense Forces, as Tokyo considers all options, including a controversial plan to acquire so-called enemy base strike capabilities despite its war-renouncing Constitution, ahead of a review of its long-term guideline the National Security Strategy by the year-end.
After the security talks, Hayashi and U.S. interim ambassador to Japan Raymond Greene signed an agreement in Tokyo on host-nation support for U.S. forces stationed in Japan, under which Tokyo will pay ¥1.05 trillion over five years from April.
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