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President Joe Biden at the Pentagon on Feb. 10. His foreign policy team will be meeting allies as well as strategic competitor China next week. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense)
ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writer
NEW YORK -- U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Japan and South Korea next week on their first foreign trip since taking office, as President Joe Biden's administration sets out to shore up Washington's core alliances in Asia.