FOCUS: Kishida's U.S. trip may raise odds of Japan going to polls in June

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may become more willing to call a general election as early as June as he apparently believes his state visit to the United States has borne fruit, helping reverse his unpopularity.As the first Japanese political leader to make a trip to the United States as a state guest in nine years, Kishida agreed with President Joe Biden to bolster bilateral cooperation in a wide range of fields, including defense and cutting-edge technologies. Some pundits have credited Kishida for his diplomatic efforts to strengthen the alliance between Tokyo and Washington ahea…READ FULL ARTICLE