New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta (left) and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi shake hands after their joint news conference after their meeting at the Iikura Guest House in Japan’s capital Tokyo on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. AP PHOTO
New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta (left) and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi shake hands after their joint news conference after their meeting at the Iikura Guest House in Japan's capital Tokyo on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. AP PHOTO
TOKYO: The foreign ministers of Japan and New Zealand agreed on Monday to speed up talks on an intelligence-sharing pact as the two island nations vowed to strengthen their security ties and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region amid shared concern over an increasingly assertive China.
