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The leaders of Japan and the US will meet in Washington DC on 10 April to “strengthen the joint production system” for defence equipment in order to ship more arms to Ukraine, according to the Japanese news outlet, Yomiuri.

The Kyiv Independent reports:

Japan amended its laws in December 2023 to allow certain weapons transfers back to their countries of origin, paving the way for Japan to replenish U.S. stocks as Washington supplies arms to Ukraine.

The US president, Joe Biden, and Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida, will meet in Washington on 10 April. The main theme of the summit, according to Yomiuri, will be strengthening defence industry cooperation between the two countries.

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