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JASDF JF001Kishidaand JF002 777s departed Asunción, Paraguay and on ground at São Paulo-Andre Franco Toro Intl Airportfor muh climate speech
JF001 landed at right about top of hour and JF002 should be on ground by nao (escort).
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Business leaders from roughly 40 Japanese companies will travel with the delegation to Brazil in a bid to reaffirm national interests in a region with traditionally close ties to Japan and counter China’s growing presence. Almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between Japan and South America in an address to an economic forum in the city of Sao Paulo,Kishida will have a chance to expound on his own vision for the continent in a policy speech in the same city.Sao Paulo, Brazil’s economic and financial center, houses the country’s largest community of Nikkei citizens, the descendants of Japanese migrants who moved to South America in the Japanese diaspora of the early 20th century. As of this year, the Nikkei population in Brazil hovers around 2.7 million.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/01/japan/politics/kishida-south-america-trip/
Japanese PM discusses Mercosur FTA with Paraguay's President
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Friday in Asunción to strengthen bilateral ties as well as to further discuss a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). Peña, who holds the group's rotating presidency, expressed in a statement his “fervent desire” to “move forward with a free trade agreement between Mercosur and Japan.” Japan is said too be particularly interested in food trade and also in countering China’s influence in the region. Paraguay’s strategic alignment with the United States and Taiwan is another reason for Japan’s interest in the country.
The measure would follow suit on a similar FTA signed recently with Singapore and another under negotiation with the United Arab Emirates. “We are determined to integrate into the world hand in hand with our allies and we see Japan as a very important ally,” said Peña.
https://en.mercopress.com/2024/05/04/japanese-pm-discusses-mercosur-fta-with-paraguay-s-president