Eye on China, Biden Pulls Japan and South Korea Closer

With threats growing in Asia, the leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea will meet at Camp David on Friday, taking a major step toward a three-way military and economic partnership that would have been nearly inconceivable before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As the United States has tried to counter challenges from both China and North Korea, one key obstacle has been the tense and sometimes downright hostile relationship between Japan and South Korea, its two most important friends in the region. Now, Tokyo and Seoul are trying to quickly move past seemingly irresolvable disputes over the bitter…