Japan's Kishida to visit Brazil, Paraguay in overture to Global South

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PM focused on building economic ties to counter Chinese and Russian influence

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has focused more on diplomacy with the Global South since the 2023 Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima. (Pool via Reuters)

HIROYUKI AKIYAMA, Nikkei staff writerApril 19, 2024 01:43 JST | Japan

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Brazil and Paraguay in early May, aiming to bolster economic ties with the South American countries and counter Chinese and Russian efforts to woo the region.

During an official trip to Washington this month, Kishida signaled that Japan is ready to share the burden of upholding a rules-based international order with the U.S. Courting the emerging and developing countries of the Global South is part of this push.

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