For this 28th EU-Japan Summit, the response to the Covid-19 pandemic is no longer the focus of the joint declaration, as it was in 2021. The need to curb Russia’s war in Ukraine took centre stage in discussions, on Thursday 12 May, between European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
“We both promote a multilateral global system, based on rules designed to protect and benefit all. And it is...