US takes aim at China territorial claims as Biden vows to back Japan
US takes aim at China territorial claims as Biden vows to back Japan Joe Biden has vowed to strengthen the US’s alliance with Japan to counter growing Chinese military activity within the volatile Asia-Pacific region, including a commitment to defend the Senkakus, a gaggle of islands within the East China sea administered by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing. The US president and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga agreed during a call that their countries’ security alliance was “the cornerstone of peace and prosperity in a free and open Indo-Pacific”. Biden’s vow to strengthen security arrangements within the region contrasted with the approach taken by Donald Trump, who publicly mulled withdrawing troops from Japan and South Korea , both key US allies. Trump also complained that Tokyo and Seoul weren't paying enough towards their own security and called on them to shop for more US-made defence equipment. Click on link Biden President