Comment27 years later, security still dominates US-Japan summit
Biden and Suga to discuss Taiwan, with Tokyo in better position to help
Taiwanese warplanes are parked on a highway during an exercise to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on the island's airfields. © AP
NAOYA YOSHINO, Nikkei political editor
TOKYO -- When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sits down with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday, the two leaders will discuss ways to deter China from taking action in the Taiwan Strait. Northeast Asia security will be front and center in their first summit.