France and Japan have agreed to begin negotiations on a mutual access agreement for troops, thereby strengthening military cooperation against the backdrop of growing tensions in the Indo-Pacific region and the war in Ukraine, reports Reuters. In recent years, allies of the G7 have conducted numerous joint military exercises both bilaterally and within broader groups of countries. “They agreed to start negotiations. Given the accumulation of cooperation and (military) exercises, we consider this important,” said a representative of the Japanese government during a meeting between Japanese Prim…