U.S. seeks to 'integrate' Japan into defense industrial base

At summit, leaders to discuss co-development and co-production of munitions and platforms

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Tamano shipyard in western Japan is seen as one candidate location for repairing U.S. warships. (Photo by Masahiro Tamura)

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will agree to explore closer cooperation between their nations' defense industries at their summit here April 10, a U.S. government source told Nikkei Asia.

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