Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida starts a tour of key Western partners on Monday, after unveiling his country's biggest military buildup since World War Two as Tokyo weighs steps to counter China's growing power.
Kishida, who will host a summit of the Group of Seven industrial powers in May, will meet leaders of the United States, Britain, France, Italy and Canada this week. Talks are expected to range from economic security and semiconductors to the war in Ukraine and rising tensions with nuclear-armed China and North Korea.
He visits London and Rome after agreeing last month to develop a new jet fighter with those countries. He is to sign a deal with Britain that will establish a legal framework to allow visits by each other's armed forces, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Friday. "He'll be going to show the U.S. that this has been concluded - and, with the G7 summit approaching, to touch base with the rest of the G7 to confirm their stances on Ukraine and Asia," said political commentator Atsuo Ito.
On semiconductors, Japan and the United States are deepening cooperation on advanced chip development amid growing trade tension with China.
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