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Japan will start procuring Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States in fiscal 2025, a year earlier than initially planned, as the security environment surrounding the country is becoming more severe, according to Defense Minister Minoru Kihara. ....
The defense ministers of Japan and the United States have agreed to start "intensive discussions" on the allocation of roles in the bilateral alliance after Tokyo obtains the ability to strike enemy bases. ....
The top foreign and defense officials of Japan and the United States agree that China's growing power poses the "greatest strategic challenge" in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond, and vowed to reinforce deterrence as well as expand the scope of their security treaty even into space. ....
Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada meets with his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin to seek close alignment of security strategies between the two countries amid China s growing assertiveness in the region. ....
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and new Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Monday affirmed their commitment to strengthening the bilateral alliance and condemned China s firing of ballistic missiles that fell in waters near Japan during recent military exercises around Taiwan, the two governments say. ....