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Kishida has highlighted the publication of new defense documents in 2022 that On March 7 Australia and Vietnam upgraded their spell out a more prominent security role, the relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic doubling of defense spending to reach the threshold Partnership following the 50th ASEAN-Australia of 2% of GDP by 2027 and the modernization of its Special Summit. [...] As he explained, “The defense of this week was a picture of him and Joe Biden freedom, democracy and the rule of law is the relaxing together in “the Beast,” the president’s national interest of Japan.” Previous prime ministers personal limousine, as they traveled from the White made that same claim, but they, quite frankly, were House to dinner. [...] All are intended to underscore the deep and deepening PacNet commentaries and responses represent the connections between the two countries and the views of the respective authors. [...] This manifests not only in continued investment by Japanese companies within the United States—Japan has been the largest source of foreign investment in the US since 2019 and is the largest foreign employer in the US manufacturing sector—but in technology partnerships in almost every industrial sector. [...] The cover of the weekly Nikkei Asia news magazine features Kishida standing with a globe between his hands and the headline “Ready to go global.” That is exactly the image that his campaign strategists and 1003 BISHOP ST.