Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo told Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday that his country has lifted all restrictions on imports of Japanese food products that were imposed in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis in 2011, the Japanese leader said.
Following a summit meeting in Tokyo, Kishida said at a joint news conference that they reaffirmed cooperation toward realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific, with Japan vowing to help further strengthen maritime security in the region.
“I hope bilateral security cooperation, including defense exchanges, will further advance,” said Kishida, noting the Ground Self-Defense Force is scheduled to join a multinational joint exercise in Indonesia in August for the first time.