Biden reviews US global military presence with eye on China

Washington realigns foreign troop deployments to match Indo-Pacific priority

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U.S. President Joe Biden has signaled his desire for renewed cooperation with American allies. © Reuters

TSUYOSHI NAGASAWA and KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei staff writers

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK -- One of the U.S. Navy's newest destroyers, the USS Rafael Peralta, arrived this week in Yokosuka, Japan, its new forward deployed location.

Shifting its home port from San Diego, California, the Rafael Peralta became on Thursday the 12th warship to be based in Yokosuka, alongside the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and the command ship of the U.S. 7th Fleet, the USS Blue Ridge.

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