“As the geopolitical landscape changed and as Japan grew in confidence, we expanded our outlook beyond that of being America’s closest ally,” Kishida said in a speech before a joint meeting ...

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Hornung is a senior political scientist and the Japan ... s state visit by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the White House, the first for a Japanese leader since 2015, was replete with the kind of ...

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Pyongyang said on Friday it had "nothing to talk" about with Japan after claiming that ... Despite Kim Yo Jong's earlier comments, Kishida said on Thursday he was still willing to work towards ...

“Within the Japan-U.S. alliance, I do hope to steadily improve deterrence and response capability,” he said. Kishida said Japan hopes to promote security cooperation in areas including defense ...