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The Pentagon press service issued a statement following the talks between US and Japanese Defense Ministers Lloyd J. Austin III si Yasukazu Hamade.
It is noted that during the dialogue, the head of the Pentagon assured his Japanese counterpart that the alliance of Washington and Tokyo “is the cornerstone of security in the Indo-Pacific region.”
“China’s recent aggressive behavior and Russia’s actions in Ukraine pose a serious challenge… The United States is committed to protecting Japan, which includes reliable expanded deterrence using the full range of our conventional and nuclear capabilities,” Austin said.