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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet to beef up alliance amid China rise

Cs news3 months ago06 mins

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth are expected to agree to beef up the Japan-U.S. alliance during their meeting Sunday in Tokyo, amid China’s expanding military assertiveness and North Korea’s nuclear and missile development. The two are also likely to discuss the upgrade of the alliance’s command and control frameworks…

Japan PM tells Biden of need for strong ties with U.S. in phone talks

Cs news9 months ago9 months ago06 mins

Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told U.S. President Joe Biden during phone talks Wednesday that he wants to strengthen the countries’ alliance, but they did not discuss his wish to revise a long-standing bilateral agreement on U.S. military operations. When sharing some of the contents of their conversation with reporters, Ishiba, however, said he…