Japan PM's adviser says 'US will need Tokyo more' under Biden amid tensions with China

A prominent foreign policy viser to Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has told latter that US will need Tokyo more amid ongoing tensions with China that won't change even under new leership. In a major turn of global politics that can potentially change stance of United States is failure of Donald Trump to be reelected. As per Bloomberg report, former diplomat Kunihiko Miyake has said that US’ relations with Japan and East Asian policies are expected to become “relatively more important” especially when Washington is at odds with China. 

Even though 46th US president-elect Joe Biden who is all set to take Trump’s place at White House, Japan PM’s viser has predicted that US-China would remain unchanged even under new American leership. According to Miyake, both Democrats and Republicans in US are on same side when it comes to strategic disagreements with China. 

Japan PM’s viser has reportedly also urged nation to ‘tre a fine line’ with t only its formal military ally, US but also its biggest tre partner which is China. Ar visor to Japan PM has reportedly vised Tokyo to gear up for a ‘leerless era’ in US and expand its alliance.

Japan and United States share close strategic and diplomatic ties since end of World War II. Currently, re are around 55,000 American soldiers deployed in Japan as part of a post-war security treaty signed between both countries. Suga and Biden are expected to discuss Host Nation Support agreement that requires Japan to share cost of hosting American troops. Trump ministration was pressuring Tokyo into paying more than what y were alrey contributing, which h become a major bilateral issue. 

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Biden to undo Trump’s policies

As President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to “restore soul of America”, he will reportedly reassert leership role in United States on global level with a series of day-one executive actions that would change trajectory of nation’s growth from what US President Donald Trump h been doing in last four years. As per CNN report, Biden and Kamala Harris’ transition team is initiating to convert promises me during campaigning into plans that can be implemented at earliest with first response to COVID-19 pandemic.

He is reportedly poised to enact a series of executive actions that would undo many foreign policies set by incumbent Donald Trump. He would also seek to swiftly transform United States to its status at end of former US President Barack Obama’s ministration before Trump acquired White House.

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