TOKYO: Potential US presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Monday (Apr 24) met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and lauded bilateral ties, especially the idea of a 'strong Japan'. The trip, officially part of a four-country trade mission, comes as the Florida governor seeks to burnish foreign pol
TOKYO: Potential US presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Monday met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and lauded bilateral ties, especially the idea of a"strong Japan".
"We really appreciate what a great ally Japan has been to the US for many, many decades," DeSantis told Kishida at the start of their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.
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