Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed Saturday with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim to supply rescue boats to the Southeast Asian nation's military, with China's growing maritime assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific in focus.The provision would be carried out under Tokyo's new framework for like-minded countries that share fundamental values, called official security assistance or OSA. Malaysia is the third nation, after the Philippines and Bangladesh, to engage with Japan on the program, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.Kishida and Anwar reached the agreement during t…READ FULL ARTICLE
