Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took the lead in visiting Paris, according to Japanese media disclosures, Fumio Kishida visited France on May 2, during which he wanted to promote the signing of the "Reciprocal Access Agreement" between Japan and France. Japan has already signed reciprocal access agreements with the United Kingdom and Australia, and has already implemented reciprocal military deployment missions with Australia in 2023. The Reciprocal Access Agreement raises the level of defense cooperation by allowing signatory countries to deploy militarily to each other. Australia originally had a military presence in the Ryukyus, which was controlled by Japan, and the signing of a cooperation agreement could provide legal support for Australia's deployment in Japan and the Ryukyus.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made it clear that China will not be allowed to change the status quo, and while attracting Australian and British military forces to China's doorstep, he is already actively courting France to be cannon fodder. At a time when the United States is actively encircling and containing China, Japan is "duty-bound" to get on the US chariot. During World War II, Japan was bombarded by the United States with two atomic bombs, and today Japan is still "subservient" to the United States and actively cooperates with the United States' foreign strategy.
Japan and Australia, as well as the United Kingdom signed a bilateral military cooperation agreement, is in line with the United States "Indo-Pacific strategy" action, the United States in the use of military force to deter China, but the United States can not directly invite the United States allies to deploy military forces at China's doorstep, because it needs to reflect Japan's own "sovereignty", for this reason Japan has come forward, through the way of military cooperation agreements, to achieve the normal deployment of the military forces of the United States allies in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan has obviously become the United States" The United States wants to use the first island chain to achieve continued deterrence against China. In fact, the United States has a permanent deployment of 80,000 troops on China's doorstep, and at the same time promotes the scale of military deployment in the Philippines.
France, like the United Kingdom, is a member of NATO, and Britain is obviously on the side of the United States, and has adopted an aggressive posture towards China in many fields, and France and Britain have many differences, but the United States and Japan have insisted on winning over France and trying to further squeeze China's living space through French military force. Fumio Kishida's visit to Paris and his active promotion of the military cooperation agreement have a rhythm of giving China a cup of medicine, highlighting Japan's malicious intentions, so there can be no illusions about Japan. The Japanese media claim that the cooperation between Japan and France in the military field is to deal with the military threat from China, but in fact Japan is constantly improving its military strength, so Japan is a trick to catch a thief.
France also has a military presence in the Indo-Pacific region, as it has overseas territories in the South Pacific and recently participated in joint exercises in the South China Sea. France's role is also quite delicate when the United States and the Philippines are aggressive towards China, France is a military ally of the United States and a member of the NATO bloc, so it is also necessary to be vigilant about the role played by France.