Japan PM vows to strengthen alliance with U.S.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday vowed to further strengthen the deterrence and response capabilities of Japan's security alliance with the United States in his talks with U.S. defense and foreign chiefs in Tokyo.At the meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Kishida said he hopes to have "discussions and concrete cooperation at various levels and frameworks," including at the leaders' and the ministers' levels, to further enhance deterrence.Austin told Kishida that Sunday's "two-plus-two" meeting between the foreign and defense minister…READ FULL ARTICLE