TOKYO -- The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the U.S. meet for their "two-plus-two" dialogue early next week, when they are expected to release a joint statement that explicitly expresses concern over China's repeated incursions into the territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which are administered by Japan but claimed by China.
Washington and Tokyo plan to expand cooperation on China. President Joe Biden's administration faces a sharpened rivalry with Beijing over security and technology issues.
