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Blossoming coalition? Japan at heart of US-led push to contain China Roll out the red carpet for Japan. Prime minister Fumio Kishida feted with a speech before a joint session of Congress and a White House state dinner. Key to the courtship is Tokyo’s ramped-up role in policing the Pacific. Like the Germans in Europe, the Japanese have had to shed post-war pacifism that’s even embedded in their constitution. It’s with an eye to China, North Korea and Russia that they’ve drawn closer to South Korea and supported Ukraine.