Overall, the two countries have struck 70 pacts on defence cooperation during the Japanese PM’s White House state visit
Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida, the Japanese prime minister, have announced a new era of military cooperation during the pomp and pageantry of a White House state visit aimed at countering China.
The US president said the two nations’ forces will cooperate on a joint command structure and, along with Australia, develop a new air missile defence network.