Tokyo seeks US vow of support in East China Sea, as dispute with Beijing heats up

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In a sign of the significance of the issue for Japan, Tokyo has wasted no time in getting the new administration in Washington to confirm that disputed islands in the East China Sea are Japanese territory and that the US would come to Japan’s assistance should that control be jeopardised.Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser to new US President Joe Biden, held talks on Thursday with Shigeru Kitamura, the head of Japan’s National Security Secretariat, on a range of issues. From Tokyo’s…

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