This week's summit of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies in Hiroshima will include eight other guest nations, part of a complicated, high-stakes diplomatic gambit meant to settle the world's most serious crises.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has invited South Korea, Australia, India, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, Comoros and the Cook Islands.
"The G-7 is committed to upholding the international order, and most of its members are in Europe, so supporting Ukraine against Russia's invasion is a top priority," said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul. Japan is courting Vietnam because it also has territorial disputes with China, according to Kim Yeol Soo, an expert at South Korea's Korea Institute for Military Affairs.Kishida has said his list of guest nations reflects the importance of the so-called "Global South" countries. That's a term used for developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Indonesia's importance for Japan, for instance, is linked to its abundant natural resources and economic potential, said Kim, the expert. In recent weeks, Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have taken major steps to boost security and economic cooperation and to move beyond historical grievances stemming from Japan's 1910-45 colonization of the Korean Peninsula.
Australia, also a key U.S. ally, has already been closely cooperating with Japan, including on efforts to achieve a "free and open Indo-Pacific," according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, which called Australia a "special strategic partner."
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