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Against the backdrop of rising tensions in the South China Sea – most notably, yet another violent incident two weeks ago at the hotly-disputed Second Thomas Shoal – the Philippines has stepped up its cooperation with traditional allies.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave a full-throated defence of the United States’ international role as guardian of democracy on Thursday to a rare joint session of Congress, citing the enormous challenge that China and other authoritarian states represents to the global order.
WASHINGTON -- The first-ever trilateral summit between the U.S., Japan and the Philippines to be held on Thursday is a direct response to China's coercion in the South China Sea and is intended to send a "crystal clear" message of unity, a senior U.S. official said.
The following is the full text of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's speech at the U.S. Congress on Thursday.
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President Biden intends to use a first-ever joint meeting with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines on Thursday to send a blunt diplomatic message to an increasingly aggressive China: Beijing’s harassment of Philippine ships in the South China Sea is a violation of international law and must stop.
U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a plush state dinner at the White House after their Washington summit on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will head to Capitol Hill on Thursday for an address to U.S. lawmakers meant to underscore the importance of keeping a strong partnership between the two countries at a time of tension in the Asia-Pacific and skepticism in Congress about U.S. involvement abroad.