US, Japan Mull Defense Cooperation That Could Help Ukraine, Yomiuri Says
- Two sides look at arms arrangement ahead of April summit
- Japan has provided Patriot missiles to widen US arms pool
Rescuers clear debris from a building heavily damaged following a drone strike in Odesa on March 3.
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Japan and the US are discussing collaborating on military gear in a bid to provide more munitions to Ukraine and increasing ways for the Asian country to repair American warships and jet fighters, the Yomiuri newspaper said.
The allies are trying to put together an arrangement in conjunction with an April 10 summit in Washington between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Joe Biden, the Japanese daily reported Sunday, citing government sources it did not name.