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Biden and Kishida upgrade security ties; China cited by name in an unusual move

US President Joe Biden and Japan PM Fumio Kishida at a state dinner at the White House on April 10. PHOTO: NYTIMES
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WASHINGTON/TOKYO – With an ambitious upgrade, the 72-year-old security alliance between the US and Japan has transitioned into a global partnership intended as an urgent attempt to uphold the fraying global order.

But will it survive an impending transition of another kind?

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