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US seeks united front in Asia despite Korea, Japan tensions

FILE - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, center right, holds a bilateral meeting with South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, center, left, in Tokyo, Sept. 27, 2022. Harris is trying to bolster relations between Japan and South Korea to present a united front to growing Chinese influence, but tension and bad relations between the two countries are not helping. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands before the Japan-U.S. bilateral meeting at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Sept. 26, 2022. Harris is trying to bolster relations between Japan and South Korea to present a united front to growing Chinese influence, but tension and bad relations between the two countries are not helping. (David Mareuil/Pool Photo via AP, File) South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, center, greets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida before their meeting at Akasaka Palace state guest house Han Duck-soo in Tokyo, Sept. 28, 2022. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to bolster relations between Japan and South Korea to present a united front to growing Chinese influence, but tension and bad relations between the two countries are not helping(Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool Photo via AP) U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris talks to the media at Yokosuka Naval Base, in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Standing on the deck of an American destroyer at a naval base here on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris directly challenged China by pledging that the United States would “continue to deepen our unofficial ties” to the disputed island of Taiwan. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)