New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will head to Kuala Lumpur this weekend to attend Association of Southeast Asian Nations-related summit meetings, with her government hoping to tap into the regional bloc's potential to push for a "free and open Indo-Pacific."Ahead of her in-person meetings with regional leaders and partners, Takaichi made her diplomatic debut on Friday night by joining remotely in talks also attended in person by leaders gathered in London from the so-called coalition of the willing supporting Ukraine.She told reporters in Tokyo that during the meeting, she reaffir…READ FULL ARTICLE
