TOKYO — Japan and the European Union were scheduled to announce on Friday a new security pact, which local media said would include more joint military drills, senior-level dialogue and defense industry cooperation.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will meet his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya, who told reporters this week that the pact comes "as Japan and the EU face an increasingly challenging security environment."

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