Singapore hopes Japan will play role in security, PM Lee tells Kishida

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, shakes hands with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on May 5 at Singapore Changi Airport. (Photo courtesy of Japan's Cabinet Public Affairs Office)

KENTARO SHIOZAKI, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants greater cooperation with Singapore on regional security and defense, he told counterpart Lee Hsien Loong in a meeting here Friday.

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