Japan must strengthen NATO ties to safeguard global peace, PM says

TOKYO - Russia's deepening military cooperation with North Korea has underlined the need for Japan to forge closer ties with NATO as regional security threats become increasingly intertwined, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told Reuters.

In written remarks ahead of his attendance at a NATO summit in Washington this week, Kishida also signaled concern over Beijing's alleged role in aiding Moscow's 2-year-old war in U