Japan would like to join New Zealand's intelligence-sharing alliance to improve its relationship with the United States, Professor Robert Patman believes. The international relations specialist was being interviewed on ODT TV's Global Insight programme this week when he made the comments. But Japan's relationship with the United States (US) has become less predictable under President Donald Trump. From a Japanese point of view, that is not such a virtue, '' Prof Patman says. During the interview, Prof Patman also spoke about the potential benefits to New Zealand if it further improved its relationship with Japan, the third largest economy in the world.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 14, 2019 03:45 UTC