Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday to discuss trade, military, and defense industrial cooperation issues.
National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes told reporters during a Feb. 7 press call that topics of discussion would include joint military exercises to counter communist China, increasing Japanese investment in the United States, and coordinating on next-generation technologies, including artificial intelligence.
“The United States is proud of our long and close alliance with Japan, and it’s time for a new age of U.S.–Japan relations to bring peace and prosperity to the Indo–Pacific,” Hughes said….