Mainichi wrote that Sato Masahisa, the head of the LDP Foreign Affairs Division, told reporters on Tuesday that he submitted to Prime Minister Kishida at the Kantei the party’s resolution calling for Japan’s strengthened diplomatic efforts. According to Sato, the prime minister told him that he will step up diplomacy toward Asia, including cooperation in development projects in the region, in view of the lack of unity among Asian nations in responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.