Japan hails Sweden's "historic" decision to join NATO

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida welcomed Sweden's "historic" decision to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and agreed with his Swedish counterpart to oppose any unilateral use of force to change the status quo amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Kishida and Sweden's Magdalena Andersson, meeting on the fringes of a NATO summit in Madrid, agreed to step up bilateral cooperation as Japan takes over the Group of Seven presidency next year and Sweden will chair the Council of the European Union.Turkey had opposed the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, claiming that the two co…READ FULL ARTICLE