On Sunday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and their Japanese counterparts — Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Foreign Affairs Minister Yoko Kamikawa — announced the plan to deepen ties between the U.S. and Japanese militaries and streamline command and control operations in the region.
U.S. to revamp military command structure in Japan amid rising tensions with China
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Without naming China, Kamikawa said escalating tensions in “a certain region” and cyberattacks by “a certain country” could easily spill to other countries and increase their risks.
Blinken and envoys from Australia, Japan and India work to improve maritime safety in Asia-Pacific
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