The joint statement of the Quad 4 Summit focused on “bio-quantum technology cooperation” and was “frustrated” by the US anti-China security alliance.
Regarding the joint statement, the Japanese media reported on the 25th that they would respond to "bio-quantum technology cooperation" and infrastructure maintenance, calling it "not a military alliance, but a moderate alliance."
The Quad Summit joint statement specified 'a plan to strengthen cooperation using quantum technology to strengthen biotechnology' and 'invest more than $50 billion in Indo-Pacific infrastructure over the next five years'. We oppose any kind of threatening, provocative and unilateral action.”
The dramatic change at the Quad summit appears to have had a significant impact on the election of the recently joined Labor Party as Prime Minister of Australia.
The Tokyo Shimbun reported on the same day that "China's hegemony is intensifying, but responding to global issues such as countermeasures against infectious diseases, infrastructure maintenance, and climate change should be prioritized rather than stimulating and escalating tensions," the Tokyo Shimbun reported on the same day.
Quad was strengthened by US President Biden's encirclement of China at the ASEAN summit and the US-Korea summit and the US-Japan summit by pointing to China's Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, but the actual joint statement was minimal in ASEAN's relations with China. was weakened by
The Quad Joint Statement specified the Russian invasion of Ukraine as 'conflict' and removed the name 'Russia' altogether.
President Biden left Japan at 10 p.m. on the 24th at the end of the Quad Summit, and North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the East Sea from Pyongyang, North Korea, around 6, 6:37, and 6:42 on the 25th.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the first launch was an ICBM-estimated ballistic missile that was detected at a flight distance of about 360 km, an altitude of about 540 km, and a speed of Mach 8.9.
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said the North Korean missile flew about 300 km at an altitude of 550 km and was estimated to have landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on the same day that "in response to the provocation of a ballistic missile, the Elephant Walk and the ROK-U.S. combined surface-to-surface missile firing were carried out."
According to Bloomberg on the 25th, Australia will respond to the quadruple meeting with the Labor Party's Prime Minister Anthony Albanage, who was elected on the 21st, and will be 'reset' unlike the previous Conservative Party's hardline policy in China.
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said in an interview with Bloomberg that "the big difference is that the new Labor government won't be loud with furious political rhetoric like former Prime Minister Scott Morrison or former Defense Secretary Peter Dutton." The Australian Labor Party confirmed the contribution.
ASEAN and Japan are left out of President Biden's strategy to strengthen the quad system, and South Korea is expected to focus on future tensions, leaving grounds for intervention in the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, and “Chinese human rights”.
The U.S.-Japan summit on the 23rd agreed to hold the “2+2” economic edition by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Economy in July and “promoting cooperation in space and economic security areas such as the development of cutting-edge semiconductors between Japan and the United States”.
At the Korea-U.S. summit, South Korea fell out of the US and Japan's "high-tech semiconductor cooperation" and Samsung announced on the 24th that it would invest 450 trillion won in semiconductor biotechnology and new growth IT.
On the date of President Biden's departure to the United States, Hyundai Motor Group announced an additional 63 trillion won investment by 2025, while Lotte 37 trillion won and Hanwha 37 trillion won invested 600 trillion won in transactions, equivalent to Korea's one-year GDP.
Samsung SDI is building a US plant this time, and SK LG has already built 11 Korean battery plants in the US, including under construction by 2026, and one in Canada, and 12 out of 13 large-scale battery production facilities in North America are Korean conglomerates.