Japan ready to step up as U.S. "global partner" at Biden Summit, reported Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Nikkei Asia ahead of a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington this week. For a "new phase" of world security, underscored by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the war in Gaza, Japan has "a more responsible stance within the international community", Kishida said in an interview. That comes as Tokyo takes Source
