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Trump sees Japan's Abe as ally in push back against China

12 November 2016 01:05 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's meeting next week with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may mark the start of talks to garner Japan's support for a push back against China's growing influence in Asia, a security adviser to Trump said, APA reports quoting Reuters.

In the face of a rising China and a volatile North Korea, Trump's campaign comments, including a demand that Japan pay more for the upkeep of U.S. forces on its soil, have worried Tokyo about a rift in a security alliance with Washington that has been the bedrock of its defense since World War Two.

A tougher stance against China, however, and a call for Japan to play a bigger security role through a Trump-Abe axis would fit with Abe's hawkish policies that include allowing the military to operate more freely overseas.