The two leaders announced plans for greater coordination and integration between their militaries, which Biden described as the most significant upgrade of our alliance since it was first established.
The tightening of the U.S.-Japan relationship is an important part of the Biden administration's efforts to counter China's aggressive actions in the Indo-Pacific region. Biden's goals include creating permanence in U.S. relationships before potential changes under a new presidency.
Biden and Kishida outlined the formation of a joint defense council that could support more exports of equipment from Japan, new cooperation on space ventures, and collaboration between research institutions.
Biden announced that NASA's Artemis program would take a Japanese astronaut to the moon, marking a significant milestone as the first non-American to do so.
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