US and Japan plan biggest upgrade to security pact in more than 60 years The US and Japan are planning the biggest upgrade to their security alliance since they signed a mutual defence treaty in 1960

 

US and Japan plan biggest upgrade to security pact in more than 60 years The US and Japan are planning the biggest upgrade to their security alliance since they signed a mutual defence treaty in 1960 in a move to counter China. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will announce plans to restructure the US military command in Japan to strengthen operational planning and exercises between the nations, according to five people familiar with the situation. They will unveil the plan when Biden hosts Kishida at the White House on April 10. Continue reading here.