Blinken seeks to strengthen relations with Japan in final visit

There have been tensions in the Pacific region recently, with Russia allegedly providing North Korea with military equipment and training.

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00:00U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Japan on Tuesday, aiming to strengthen

00:06relations between the two countries.

00:08At a time of tensions in geopolitics in the region and globally, Blinken thanked Japan

00:14for rapidly standing up for Ukraine after Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.

00:20Because Japan saw it and recognized it and stood up, resonated around the world, a recognition

00:25The visit comes just a day after North Korea fired

00:39an inter-ballistic missile into the Eastern Sea close to Japan.

00:43The U.S. says Russia is now providing Pyongyang with military equipment and training, and

00:49that Putin may be close to accepting the North's nuclear weapons program.

00:54This will be Blinken's last overseas trip before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes

00:59office.

01:00On Friday, the Biden administration announced it will deliver a 3.5 billion euro military

01:05package to Japan.