After G-7 tour, Japan PM Kishida says East Asia could be next Ukraine


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WASHINGTON - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he told Western powers that East Asia could be the next Ukraine, as he urged a united front on a rising China and bellicose North Korea. Kicking off Japan’s year as head of the Group of Seven (G-7), Mr Kishida visited leaders of all members of the elite club except Germany, where he plans to go soon following a scheduling conflict. Closing his trip in Washington, Mr Kishida said he shared with G-7 leaders his “strong sense of crisis regarding the security environment in East Asia”. “The lesson of Ukraine...