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Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
TOKYO, Japan – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga congratulated Joe Biden on winning the White House on Saturday and pledged to work together to ensure “peace, freedom and prosperity” in the growing Indo-Pacific region. more dominated by China.
Beijing’s growing military presence in the region has worried several of its neighbors, and Washington has vowed to oppose their territorial claims.
Japan is also caught in the tensions between the United States and China, its two biggest trading partners.
“Warm congratulations to @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris. I look forward to working with you to further strengthen the Japan-United States Alliance and ensure peace, freedom, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond, ”Suga wrote on Twitter.
Suga, the prime minister elected in September, has pledged to continue the work of former leader Shinzo Abe, whose signature “Abenomics” program involved vast government spending and monetary easing, and attempts to cut red tape.
Abe made building a close personal relationship with Trump a cornerstone in protecting the alliance with Washington.
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