Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he received "strong words of commitment" from U.S. President Joe Biden on Washington's promise to defend the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.China claims the Japan-administered uninhabited islets and calls them Diaoyu, one of several areas of concern among the United States and its allies over Beijing's growing assertiveness in regional waters.In separate calls with Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Kishida affirmed cooperation on efforts to realize a "free and open Indo-Pacific" region, the Japanese Foreign Minis…READ FULL ARTICLE
