Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and French President Emmanuel Macron agree to initiate negotiations on a reciprocal access agreement so the two countries can facilitate closer defense cooperation such as joint exercises and disaster relief operations.
Japan is planning to begin talks with France on a new security agreement to facilitate joint exercises and disaster relief operations, government sources say.
Riki Kato is on a mission to find out how a collection of famous portraits depicting indigenous Ainu chieftains of present-day northern Japan ended up on the other side of the world, in eastern France.
Foreign ministers of Japan and France agree to promote security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, confirming the importance of stability across the Taiwan Strait after French President Emmanuel Macron cautioned against being drawn into a Taiwan crisis amid a U.S.-China rivalry.