President Biden's visit to Japan and South Korea emphasizes involvement in the Indo-Pacific region

President Biden of the United States visited Asia for the first time since taking office as Russia continued its military invasion of Ukraine, emphasizing its stance of deepening its involvement in the Indo-Pacific region.

On the other hand, China is intensifying its movements to expand its influence in the region, and it is likely that the fierce battle between the United States and China will continue.

President Biden of the United States visited Japan and South Korea from the 20th of this month, and on the night of the 24th, on his way back from the US military Yokota base in Tokyo, he completed his first visit to Asia since taking office.

In South Korea, President Biden has agreed to start talks to expand the scale of regular joint military exercises as North Korea accelerates nuclear and missile development at the first summit meeting with President Yun Sung-nyul. In addition, we called for cooperation to strengthen the supply chain = supply network with the opposition to China in mind.

In Japan, we held a summit meeting with Prime Minister Kishida to reconfirm the "extended deterrence" that protects allies with the deterrence of the United States, including nuclear weapons, and immediately strengthen the deterrence and coping capabilities of both Japan and the United States. It was a match by going.

In addition to announcing that it will start discussions to launch a new economic partnership IPEF = Indo-Pacific economic framework, it will expand its influence in the region by holding a framework of the four countries of Japan, the United States, Australia and India, and a quad summit. It is said that it was possible to confirm the future cooperation with allies and friendly countries, keeping in mind the opposition to China.

The United States emphasizes its stance of deepening its involvement in the Indo-Pacific region while continuing to respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

On the other hand, China strongly opposes a series of movements on the American side, and announced that Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit eight countries including the island nations of the Pacific Ocean from the 26th.

It seems that there is an aim to counter the US Indo-Pacific strategy, and it is likely that fierce competition between the United States and China will continue.