TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is arranging a four-way summit with South Korea, Australia and New Zealand on the sidelines of the upcoming NATO gathering, seeking a united front among the Indo-Pacific democracies in the face of China's growing influence.
The leaders of the four Asia-Pacific partners of NATO have been invited to attend the summit of the trans-Atlantic alliance in Madrid next week. Kishida hopes to work with the other three nations to press for NATO's increased involvement in Asia-Pacific security.
