SINGAPORE -- At the Shangri-La Dialogue, a key Asian security meeting that opened in Singapore on Friday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made clear, with China in mind, Japan's stance of not accepting any unilateral attempts to "change the status quo by force."
In light of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, he showed Japan's determination to take the lead in contributing to maintaining the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, calling for wide-ranging collaboration among countries, including those of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
