LONDON -- With Europe's attention focused on Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's new ruling coalition led by the Social Democrats has not lost sight of more distant horizons: greater engagement with the Indo-Pacific.
"We want to expand our relations, including at the parliamentary level, with important value partners such as Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea," says page 157 of the 177-page agreement for the coalition that took power in December. "We want to start regular government consultations with Japan."
