WASHINGTON - The United States does not expect its strengthening bilateral relationship with Japan to change direction under new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Mr Kishida was foreign minister for five years under former premier Shinzo Abe, and he has retained Mr Nobuo Kishi as defence minister and Mr Toshimitsu Motegi as foreign minister.
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