WASHINGTON -- Japan and the U.S. this week agreed to increase cooperation on defense, aiming to bolster what the Biden administration calls "integrated deterrence" with China's growing military presence in the Indo-Pacific region and a potential Taiwan contingency in mind.
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Japan and the U.S. this week agreed on a series of new cooperation schemes regarding defense. © Reuters
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