Japan, U.S., Philippines to cooperate in clean energy, chips: Kishida

TOKYO -- Japan, the U.S. and the Philippines will work together in areas such as semiconductors, digitalization, communication networks, clean energy and critical minerals, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told Nikkei ahead of a historic three-way summit in Washington next week.

Kishida said in an exclusive interview on Thursday that the world is entering a "new phase" and Japan needs to show a bigger presence and "take greater responsibility" to provide options for countries in Southeast Asia such as the Philippines.