TOKYO: Japan and the European Union were set on Friday (Nov 1) to announce a new security partnership which local media said would include more joint military drills, senior-level dialogue and defence industry cooperation. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will meet his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya, who told reporters this week that the pact comes "as Japan and the EU face an increasingly challenging security environment". He did not mention China, but Japan has previously called its