The Japanese and French leaders agreed on Friday to deepen bilateral collaboration in the security and economic fields and work closely on issues related to China, with Beijing's military and economic clout increasing in the Indo-Pacific region.During their talks in Hiroshima, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and French President Emmanuel Macron affirmed that they will keep imposing severe economic sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine while powerfully supporting Kyiv, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.The bilateral talks took place on the fringes of the Group of Seven summi…READ FULL ARTICLE