US, Japan to Hold 2+2 Consultative Talks

US and Japan will have a security consultative "2+2" meeting on January 6 to enhance the bilateral relations in the field of security, and to back both countries' alliance for common-interest global challenges, and in the light of the developments of the Chinese assertiveness in the region.

https://twitter.com/StateDeptSpox/status/1478546313813934081

The Spokesperson of the Secretary of State, Ned Price, announced on Twitter that the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the Secretary of Defense, Loloyd Austin, and the US Defense Minister, Kishi Rahm Emmanuel, will have a virtual meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister, Hayashi Yoshimasa, and the Japanese Defense Minister, Kishi Nbou, on January 6.

The statement added: "During the meeting, the delegations will discuss ways the United States and Japan can strengthen our alliance to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific region and to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, and other global challenges."

In the same context, the Former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, expressed early this month that Japan and the US will not stand silent in case China attacks Taiwan

During a virtual session for a research center: “The emergency in Taiwan is tantamount to an emergency in Japan, and therefore belongs to the Japan-US alliance,”