US vows to defend space with Japan, unveil plans to strengthen alliance as China worries grow


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Washington: The United States said Wednesday that attacks in space would invoke its defence treaty with Japan and announced the deployment of a more agile Marine unit in its ally as alarm grows over China. Weeks after unveiling plans to ramp up defence spending, Japan sent its defence and foreign ministers to Washington for talks on updating the decades-old alliance. They will be followed two days later by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is touring Group of Seven nations to kick off Japan’s leadership year of the elite club and earlier Wednesday signed a deal with Britain to increase defense...