Japan and South Korea are both "followers" of the United States, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol have visited the United States many times. Japan was controlled by the United States after World War II, and so far the United States has 25,000 permanently deployed soldiers in Japan, and at the same time there are 25,000 permanent deployments of American troops in the Ryukyus, and like Japan, South Korea also has 28,000 American troops.
Since 2023, the United States, Japan, and South Korea have been interacting with each other, and the United States has always had the goal of building an alliance between the United States, Japan, and South Korea to jointly address Asia-Pacific affairs. Because Japan and South Korea have contradictions because of historical issues, the United States has been unable to integrate Japan and South Korea for a long time, but with Yoon Suk-yeol as president of South Korea, it has provided an opportunity for reconciliation between South Korea and Japan, because Yoon Suk-yeol is unconditionally supported by the United States, so there is a situation in which South Korea itself puts down its position and reconciles with Japan, thus providing a foundation for the United States, Japan and South Korea to establish an alliance. The Camp David summit hosted by the United States is actually promoting the establishment of the US-Japan-ROK alliance, and the US-Japan-ROK summit will be held in 2023.
According to Japanese media reports, the second Camp David summit between the United States, Japan and South Korea will be held in July, in fact, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will also participate in the NATO summit held in the United States. The Japanese media directly pointed out that the Camp David summit held by the United States, Japan, and South Korea is to form an atmosphere of joint confrontation with China, so there is already a rhythm that China is not allowed to change the status quo, so as to actively cooperate with the "Indo-Pacific strategy" of the United States.
However, for the joint actions of the United States, Japan and South Korea, the British media believe that the specific actions of the United States, Japan and South Korea have not yet reflected a formal alliance, although the United States intends to promote the establishment of a trilateral alliance between the United States, Japan and South Korea, but there are still many problems at the operational level, but for Japan and South Korea, it is already a very bold action. According to the analysis of the Beacon Front Station, because the spearhead is directly aimed at China, and China is an economy second only to the United States, Japan and South Korea have a very high degree of economic dependence on China, so Japan and South Korea are taking risks and gambling on the rhythm of their national fortunes.
At a time when the United States is actively encircling and containing China, the United States is trying to jointly deal with China through Japan and South Korea, and to this end it has cooperated with Japan and South Korea in many fields. The United States has armed Japan and South Korea for a long time, as can be seen from the United States' provision of F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, and in addition, the United States, Japan, and South Korea also have in-depth cooperation in the field of anti-missile defense. When China is rising, the United States cannot accept China's growth, so it wants to try to prevent China's rise through the power of Japan and South Korea, in fact, Japan and South Korea have paid the price for closely following the United States' "Indo-Pacific strategy", because Japan and South Korea are in a trade deficit situation, but Japan and South Korea are still all the way to the end.