Japan’s Leader Ramps Up Drive to Counter China in Southeast Asia
- Premier set to lay out security vision in Singapore speech
- Visit comes after months of groundwork with Asean countries
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
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After persuading a few traditional friends of Moscow to chastise Russia over its war in Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will now try to bring others in Asia aboard to balance a more assertive China.
Kishida is set to lay out his views on broadening the US-backed concept of the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” Kyodo News reported. He becomes the first Japanese premier since 2014 to give an address at a regional security conference in Singapore on Friday.