Tokyo to explore giving the Pacific island country a cargo-passenger ship
Micronesia President Wesley Simina, left, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Oct. 23 in Tokyo. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)
YUHEI HAGINO
October 24, 2026 03:05 JST
TOKYO -- The leaders of Japan and the Pacific island country of Micronesia agreed to work together to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific during a Friday meeting in Tokyo.