TOKYO -- Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi hailed U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's decision to create a new National Security Council position to oversee the Indo-Pacific, saying it reflects the importance that the new American administration will place on the dynamic region.
Asked at a news conference Friday about the naming of veteran diplomat Kurt Campbell to that post, Motegi said: "Mr. Campbell was the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs in the Obama administration. I feel that he and others in the new administration have deep relations with our government."
