so i guess that's a clearly ministry unless mike boffin from king's college monday. thank you. i us president joe biden, the has offered storage backing to the philippines and japan as he hosted the 1st summit between the 3 nations. top of the agenda was china's increasing ministry assertiveness in the asia pacific region correspondent, james chase, that reports the prime minister of japan in washington, this week, a rupture as reception for the us. as in the pacific allies, japanese prime minister mucous you became only his country. secondly, that's a form of the address, the us congress issuing stone warnings about the threats posed by by james. the china is current external stance and military actions present. i'm press the dentist and the greatest sort of challenge case it is. remarks came and made a flurry of diplomatic activity, reclaimed, galvanizing washington's asian allies shortly off to a historic 1st of a tri last real summits between the leaders of the us, japan and the philippines. but the focus of that me thing, growing concerns in manila and so po, about maritim