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Infrastructure wars: Cooperation in third countries on Japan PM Suga's mind
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A shinkansen, or bullet train, arriving at a station in Tokyo on March 5, 2021.
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TOKYO - Infrastructure cooperation in third countries will likely be on the agenda when Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga becomes the first world leader to meet United States President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday (April 16).
The two security allies are working together - under the umbrella of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision - to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that is seen as a strategy for Beijing to expand its diplomatic and economic influence.
