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The US ambassador to Japan says boosting arms industry ties is key to a stronger security alliance

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

The U.S. ambassador to Japan urged Tokyo on Tuesday to take a greater role in developing, producing and supplying weapons “to enhance our collective security" amid conflict in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere.

Ambassador visited a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' F-35 fighter

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