U.S. to 'integrate' Japan into defense industrial base

 

 U.S.  to 'integrate' Japan into defense industrial base

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will agree to bolster defense industrial cooperation at their summit on April 10, Nikkei Asia has learned.
 
The cooperation will not be limited to repairing U.S. naval ships at private shipyards in Japan but will also envision the co-development and co-production of munitions, planes and ships.
 
The U.S. sees huge potential to "integrate" Japan into America's defense industrial base, a U.S. government source said. "Japan's manufacturing as a percentage of GDP is twice what the United States' is. Japan has a very impressive industrial base, but it's underweighted on the defense side."