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The president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Da Silva (L), walks with Emperor Naruhito (R) of Japan during a welcome ceremony in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 25, 2025.
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Japan and Brazil agreed on Wednesday to establish a framework for foreign policy and defense exchanges during a state visit by Brazilian president Lula da Silva to the Asian country.
According to a statement from the Japan Ministry of Foreign Relations, the two countries agreed Five -year action plan That covers exchanges in the area of political and economic dialogue, as well as climatic problems.
During the meeting, the two leaders exchanged views on international affairs, including the situation in Ukraine, the Middle East and East Asia.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba declared that any unilateral step to alter the status quo should not be allowed anywhere in the world.
The framework for defense exchanges between Japan and Brazil will include discussions about bilateral cooperation in defense and technology teams.
Japan aims to increase its 2% of GDP defense expenditure by 2027, which has traditionally been limited to 1%. The country had a defense budget of 7.7 billion yen for its fiscal year 2024.
“For fiscal year2025, the budget application is in 8.73 billion Yen, which reflects Japan’s sustained commitment to achieve its defense goals, “according to the United Kingdom experts, Royal United Services Institute.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has been fueling defense concerns among allies, including Japan due to their transactional approach to foreign policy. According to reports, Trump at the beginning of this month questioned The United States and Japan Security Treaty That commits Washington to defend the Asian country.
“We have a great relationship with Japan, but we have an interesting treatment with Japan that we have to protect them, but they don’t have to protect ourselves,” Trump told reporters in the Oval office, according to Reuters.
From 2014 under the late Prime Minister Shinzo AbeJapan’s self -defense forces have been allowed to participate in military actions if one of their allies is attacked.
Japan has also been in the sights of Trump’s “America First” policy, with the president of the United States on Wednesday announcing 25% tariffs on cars imports, the same announced in steel and aluminum earlier this month, all key Japanese exports.
According to the reports, Isthiba said Thursday that Tokyo will put “All table options” In response to Washington rates about automatic imports.
