Biden salutes 'new era' of united Japan, S.Korea

US President Joe Biden on Friday hailed a "new era" of unity with the leaders of South Korea and Japan as the allies unveiled new three-way security cooperation at a first-of-a-kind summit. The three nations have agreed to a new security pledge committing them to consult with each other in the event of a security crisis or threat in the Pacific.

Under the pledge, the three allies agreed to share information via an emergency hotline between Washington, Tokyo and Seoul.  They agreed to hold trilateral military training exercises annually and to share real-time information on North Korean missile launches by the end of 2023. The three allies promised to hold trilateral summits annually.