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Who would U.S. President Joe Biden call first in a crisis? Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may be a leading candidate, thanks in part to ties forged under Tokyo's National Security Council. © Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters

How Japan's National Security Council rewrote China strategy

As Kishida prepares for G-7, Tokyo has closer White House ties and a clearer global role

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

April 11, 2023 06:00 JST

TOKYO -- Tucked away on the lower floors of a drab building next to the prime minister's office, the secretariat of Japan's National Security Council pales in comparison to its counterpart in Washington.

U.S. President Joe Biden's National Security Council is located in the majestic Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House, built for the State, War and Navy Departments in the 1870s.