U.S. Department of Defense
On Jan. 15, Secretary Hegseth met with Japan's defense minister, Shinjirō Koizumi, at the Pentagon. The two leaders affirmed the critical role of the U.S.-Japan alliance to deterring aggression in the Indo-Pacific and discussed Japan's efforts to increase its defense spending and rapidly strengthen its capabilities.
Secretary Hegseth and Minister Koizumi also agreed to continue upgrading alliance command-and-control architectures, make bilateral training and exercises more realistic, improve alliance force posture and presence – including in Japan's Southwest Islands – and maintain close cooperation on defense industrial base matters.
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