What does Japanese PM Kishida hope to achieve as he visits the US?

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Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida is on an official visit to the United States this week. He will hold a summit with US president Joe Biden, seeking a major upgrading of their defence alliance as China’s influence grows in the Indo-Pacific. The two leaders will join Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr for a trilateral Japanese PM Fumio Kishida arrived in the United States on Monday for the first state visit by a Japanese leader in nine years. He will hold a bilateral with US president Joe Biden on Wednesday. File image/AP Fumio Kishida is the first Japanese prime minister to...