FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, right, pose for a photo before holding a bilateral meeting in Liverpool, England, Dec. 11, 2021. Top U.S. and Japanese officials are holding strategic and security talks on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, just two weeks after negotiators ended a Trump-era row by agreeing in principal to a new formula for paying for the American military presence in Japan. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)