Fumio Kishida, the prime minister of Japan, stated on Friday ( Apr 5 ) that he wanted to work with South Korea and the Philippines, which are allies of the US, and that he might even talk with North Korea to advance regional security.
” The present security setting is difficult and complicated, and we are at a turning place in history”, Kishida said in a group interview. Cooperation between Japan and the United States and other like-minded nations is a very crucial issue, he added.
As the friends look for ways to counteract China’s growing effect in Asia and hinder it from using force to fight its problems in the region, the Chinese president spoke back of a conference scheduled for next week with US President Joe Biden.
The two leaders are expected to discuss cooperation on defense products and possible improvements to the US military command architecture in Japan during their first state visit to Washington in nine years.
A multilateral conference with Spanish President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will follow that meeting.
For a free and open get based on the rule of law and for regional economic growth, Japan, the US, and the Philippines must work together, according to Kishida.