Japan spaceport, AI disinformation on agenda as U.S. summit nears

TOKYO -- Cooperation on building a spaceport in Japan to launch American rockets and stronger collaboration to fight disinformation generated by artificial intelligence are among the issues to be discussed in conjunction with Wednesday's bilateral summit in Washington.

With Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida set to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden, the two sides hope to kick off talks toward an agreement to keep American rocket technologies out of the wrong hands. Many rocket-related technologies can be applied to missiles, and Washington has sought such an agreement when it launches rockets abroad.