The Games were held while the host city was under a state of emergency, and most venues were empty of spectators due to coronavirus concerns.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met the Japanese national security adviser, Takeo Akiba, in Washington earlier on Monday and both emphasised the importance of the US-Japan Alliance to maintaining an “inclusive, free, and open Indo-Pacific”, a State Department statement said.
It said the two pledged “to maintain freedom of navigation and overflight and other lawful uses of the sea in the South China Sea and beyond”.
Blinken and Akiba also stressed the importance of preserving peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and noted the importance of trilateral cooperation between the United States, Japan and South Korea to address challenges, including denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, it said.
Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national Security adviser, also met Akiba and discussed a range of security issues, “including the challenge of China, economic and technology security,” a later White House statement said.