“We sit with Japan in a very tough neighbourhood. You have Russia, you have China, and you have North Korea,“ Glass told reporters at Haneda airport, adding the allies needed to “push back against a country like China“.
Japan is home to the biggest overseas deployment of U.S. troops globally as well as squadrons of fighter jets and Washington's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier strike group.
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Glass said Washington was focused on the safety of American and Japanese citizens and on making sure the military had all the support and materials it needed to counter threats from Beijing.
“Who is flaunting military force, provoking confrontation and threatening peace everywhere?” he said at a regular press briefing. “The international community has never been clearer about this.”
against China's “predatory habits” during his previous post as envoy to Portugal from 2017-2021, he said.
Trump wants negotiations on these costs to be included in ongoing trade talks triggered by his sweeping import tariffs on dozens of countries including Japan. Tokyo wants to keep the issues separate.
Glass said he was “extremely optimistic” that the U.S. would strike a deal with Japan. More than 75 countries have reached out for talks since the administration unveiled the tariffs earlier this month, Washington says.
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