US ministers' Japan visit under Biden to focus on China's influence

Concerns about China's growing influence in the region is expected to be the main focus when two ministers of President Joe Biden's administration visits Japan for their first in-person talks with their Japanese counterparts.

Concerns about China's growing influence in the region is expected to be the main focus when two ministers of President Joe Biden's administration visits Japan for their first in-person talks with their Japanese counterparts. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin are on their way to Tokyo to meet their counterparts and other top officials as they try to reaffirm America's commitment to the region and their alliance following Donald Trump's temperamental approach. The two secretaries are holding so-called “two plus two” diplomatic and security talks with their Japanese counterparts, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi on Tuesday.