Blinken arrives in Japan for 2+2 security talks, Quad

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, is welcomed upon arrival for the start of his two-day visit, at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, western Tokyo, on July 28, 2024. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, gestures to China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi as they meet on the sidelines of the 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers' meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on July 27, 2024.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Japan on Sunday as part of an Asia-Pacific tour aimed at shoring up alliances in the face of an increasingly assertive China.