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Japan PM vows to strengthen military at int’l naval review

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, delivers a speech on the Maritime Self Defense Force's helicopter carrier JS Izumo during an international fleet review in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech on the Maritime Self Defense Force's helicopter carrier JS Izumo during an international fleet review in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, visits the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walks on the Maritime Self Defense Force's helicopter carrier JS Izumo during an international fleet review in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gets in the cockpit of a US fighter jet during his visit to the USS Ronald Reagan, in Sagami Bay, southwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Kishida, at an international fleet review Sunday, said his country urgently needs to build up military capabilities as it faces worsening security environment in the East and South China Seas and threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine.(Kyodo News via AP) Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier JS Izumo, front, and other warships join an international fleet review in Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Eighteen warships participated from 12 countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea, while the United States and France also sent warplanes for the review. (Kyodo News via AP) Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier JS Izumo, right, and other warships join at an international fleet review in Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Eighteen warships participated from 12 countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea, while the United States and France also sent warplanes for the review. (Kyodo News via AP) Warships from 12 countries take part in an international fleet review in Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Eighteen warships participated from the countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea, while the United States and France also sent warplanes for the review. (Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP) Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Asahi, right, and other warships join an international fleet review in Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Eighteen warships participated from 12 countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea, while the United States and France also sent warplanes for the review. (Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP) Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Shiranui, left, and other warshuips join an international fleet review in Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Eighteen warships participated from 12 countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea, while the United States and France also sent warplanes for the review. (Kyodo News via AP)