Japan also initiated Data Free Flow with Trust, a multilateral umbrella for data and digital rules, on the sidelines of the Osaka G20 summit. Both China and the US signed up. The last time Japan hosted the G7, in 2016, it pushed principles for promoting quality infrastructure investment, given the geopolitical frictions over China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Testing Japan’s track record The G7 summit agenda in Hiroshima on May 19-21 will test this track record at a time when Japan’s ability to lead coalitions for reform is needed more than ever. Economic, environmental and food security are central to…