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45674□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□On January 15, DM Koizumi and Secretary of War Hegseth held discussions at the U.S. Department of War. The Ministers confirmed that Japan and the United States have been working closely together under the unwavering Alliance, as demonstrated in four Defense Ministerial engagements over the past three months. In light of the increasingly severe security situation in the Indo-Pacific region, the Ministers also exchanged candid views on concrete measures to further enhance Japan-U.S. defense cooperation, such as expansion of bilateral joint presence in the southwestern region of Japan, enhancement of more advanced and realistic bilateral training across Japan, advancing defense equipment and technology cooperation, and enhancing coopera-tion in Integrated Air Missile Defense capabilities and space domain.On January 16, DM Koizumi visited RAND Corporation in Virginia, and engaged in discussions on new ways of warfare involving AI and unmanned systems as well as regional security environment.□□†□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□Š□□□□□□□□□□□On January 16, DM Koizumi visited Palantir Technologies in Washington D.C., a company that develops AI and data analytics platforms. He received briefing on the company’s business and discussed security environment in the region.□□□□□□□□□‡‚ □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□Œ€□□□□□□On January 16, DM Koizumi met with Dr. Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS. They engaged in discussions on vari-ous matters including regional security environment and Japan-U.S. defense cooperation.□□□□□□□□□□□□□□„□Ž‘’8On January 16, Defense Minister Koi-zumi visited Hawkeye360 in Virginia, a commercial satellite company which meets Department of War’s security standards, and received briefing on the company’s business and exchanged views on space domain.