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▼ Japan-U.S. Summit Likely To Be Held Around April 9
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An in-person meeting of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden is being coordinated around the date of April 9 in Washington, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Suga is expected to be the first foreign leader to be invited to the White House by Biden since his inauguration in January.
The plan is for Suga to leave Japan on April 8, meet with Biden in Washington on the next day and return to Japan on April 10.
The two governments intend to shorten Suga’s stay to minimize the number of events associated with the summit to prevent novel coronavirus infections. Even Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will not accompany Suga to narrow down the number of visiting delegations.
Suga and Biden are expected to discuss how to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance and work together to realize the vision of a “free and open Indo-Pacific.”
Tokyo and Washington have begun to coordinate in criticizing Beijing by name prior to the summit for China’s attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China seas. The criticism will be included in a joint statement to be released after the Japan-U.S. 2-plus-2 security talks of their foreign and defense ministers, which will be held in Tokyo on Tuesday.
It is unusual for the two governments to seek to put restraints on China by naming it in a joint statement.
The statement is expected to criticize China for its repeated intrusions into Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands of Okinawa Prefecture and clarify that the Senkakus are covered by Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, which stipulates U.S. defense obligations to Japan.
Regarding China’s legislation stipulating the conditions under which weapons are allowed to be used by vessels belonging to the China Coast Guard, Japan and the United States are considering sharing their concerns in the document.
Suga is expected to be the first foreign leader to be invited to the White House by Biden since his inauguration in January.
The plan is for Suga to leave Japan on April 8, meet with Biden in Washington on the next day and return to Japan on April 10.
The two governments intend to shorten Suga’s stay to minimize the number of events associated with the summit to prevent novel coronavirus infections. Even Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will not accompany Suga to narrow down the number of visiting delegations.
Suga and Biden are expected to discuss how to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance and work together to realize the vision of a “free and open Indo-Pacific.”
Tokyo and Washington have begun to coordinate in criticizing Beijing by name prior to the summit for China’s attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China seas. The criticism will be included in a joint statement to be released after the Japan-U.S. 2-plus-2 security talks of their foreign and defense ministers, which will be held in Tokyo on Tuesday.
It is unusual for the two governments to seek to put restraints on China by naming it in a joint statement.
The statement is expected to criticize China for its repeated intrusions into Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands of Okinawa Prefecture and clarify that the Senkakus are covered by Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, which stipulates U.S. defense obligations to Japan.
Regarding China’s legislation stipulating the conditions under which weapons are allowed to be used by vessels belonging to the China Coast Guard, Japan and the United States are considering sharing their concerns in the document.
- March 14, 2021
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