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Japan foreign minister says Blinken gave U.S. commitment to defend Japan

FILE PHOTO: Japan's new Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi arrives at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's official residence in Tokyo, Japan November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Japan's new foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, said on Saturday U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured him in a phone call that the U.S. commitment to defending Japan, including southern islets claimed by China, was unwavering.

They agreed that the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait was important, Hayashi told reporters.

(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by William Mallard)

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