Kishida, Biden to boost Japan-U.S. deterrence over North Korea launch

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed Tuesday to boost the deterrence and response capabilities of the bilateral alliance after North Korea launched for the first time in five years a ballistic missile that flew over the Japanese archipelago, according to the Japanese government.The two leaders also jointly condemned North Korea's missile test "in the strongest terms," calling the launch -- which sent the projectile a greater distance than in any previous test by Pyongyang -- a danger to the Japanese people and destabilizing to the region, the White House…READ FULL ARTICLE