Concerns over Beijing take center stage at annual Japan-US alliance forums
Japanese F-2Bs fly with American F-35s over the Sea of Japan in June 2023. (U.S. Indo-Pacific Command/Airman 1st Class Alexis Redin)
KENJI KAWASE
October 24, 2026 17:56 JST
TOKYO -- At a pair of annual dialogues on the Japan-U.S. alliance in Tokyo on Friday and Saturday, policymakers, scholars and businesspeople from the two countries were largely focused on a neighbor who was not invited: China.