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This article analyzes the approaches of the United States and Japan to international political problems in the Indo-Pacific region at the beginning of the Joe Biden administration in 2021. It also aims to evaluate the perspectives of US-Japan cooperation in key areas. The article analyzes the policies of the United States and Japan toward China. Japan has supported Biden's approach to confront China on a wide range of issues. By actively participating in the US-China confrontation, the government in Tokyo aims to strengthen its position in rivalry with China. However, it will not be easy for Japan to preserve the achievements of the "warm" period in Japan-China relations in 2018-2020 in the economic and humanitarian spheres. The author also analyzes the approaches of the US and Japan to the situation on the Korean Peninsula, including the prospects for cooperation between Tokyo, Washington, and Seoul toward the DPRK. Difficult-to-resolve contradictions between Tokyo and Seoul in the short-term perspective will hinder large-scale cooperation of the parties with Washington. This article also analyzes the perspectives of the concept of "Free and open Indo-Pacific region."
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