Suga looks to affirm cooperation on China in summit with Biden

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Thursday he hopes to affirm cooperation with U.S. President Joe Biden on "a range of issues regarding China" when he travels to Washington next month.The trip, which government sources have said will be from April 8 to 10, comes amid mounting concern over China's growing economic and military influence in the Indo-Pacific region.Japan will work with the United States and other "like-minded countries" including Australia and India "to strategically advance its vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific," Suga said in a press conference at which he anno…READ FULL ARTICLE