Japan-U.S. Defense Ministerial Meeting

On January 12 (local time), Minister Hamada had a ministerial meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the U.S. Department of Defense. Based on the Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (“2+2”) discussion, the ministers had candid discussions on concrete measures of bilateral defense cooperation under their new strategies.

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Japan-U.S. Defense Ministerial Meeting (Summary)