The G7 summit setting of Hiroshima, where the U.S. dropped the first nuclear bomb during World War II, takes on new resonance as the U.S., Japan and their allies strategize on dealing with Russia’s war in Ukraine.
, North Korea’s ballistic nuclear threats and an increasingly forceful China.
Kishida noted that the global tensions had brought the U.S. and Japan closer together, that "the cooperation has evolved in leaps and bounds." While aboard Air Force One, Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, told reporters that Russia's invasion of Ukraine looms large as a G-7 topic. He added leaders would discuss the state of play on the battlefield and sealing loopholes to strengthen sanctions that have been levied against Moscow.
China has declared a limitless friendship with Russia, increasing trade in ways that blunted the ability of financial sanctions to constrain the war. But the U.S. and its allies say China has yet to ship military equipment to Russia, a sign that the friendship might have some boundaries. Kishida and Biden will hold a trilateral summit with South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol on the sidelines of the G-7 summit. But Kishida is in a complicated position by discussing efforts to respond to nuclear threats by North Korea with Japan's history of also calling for a world free from nuclear arms, said Kan Kimura, a Kobe University professor and an expert on South Korea.
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