The three-day meeting in the resort town of Karuizawa also comes amid concern that some European G7 leaders – notably French President Emmanuel Macron – could be perceived as taking a weak stance over Beijing's threats over Taiwan.
The conflict there has triggered a rare outpouring of support for Ukraine in pacifist Japan, with many Japanese seeing Russia’s invasion as highlighting the potential threat to nearby Taiwan from an increasingly assertive China.
Washington has been trying to build up G7 commitment on further actions to deter China from taking steps to change the self-ruled island’s political status quo, a US diplomatic source told Reuters on the condition of anonymity.
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