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Japan, US Defense Ministers express 'firm intent' to reinforce alliance: Tokyo

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31-01-2025 | 01:10

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Japan, US Defense Ministers express 'firm intent' to reinforce alliance: Tokyo

Tokyo said that new U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and his Japanese counterpart Gen Nakatani agreed in a phone call Friday to continue efforts to strengthen the countries' alliance.

"The Ministers affirmed their firm intent to continue the initiatives to reinforce the alliance, including the upgrading of respective command and control framework and expansion of bilateral presence in the southwestern region of Japan," Tokyo's defense ministry said.

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