US Defense Secretary Hegseth says Japan is indispensable partner in deterring China

Record ID: 1986827

  • Title: US Defense Secretary Hegseth says Japan is indispensable partner in deterring China
  • Date: 30th March 2025
  • Summary: ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** NAKATANI SHAKING HANDS WITH U.S. OFFICIALS HEGSETH AND NAKATANI WALKING INTO BUILDING FOR MEETING NAKATANI WELCOMING HEGSETH IN MEETING ROOM HEGSETH AND NAKATANI POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS, SHAKING HANDS HEGSETH SEATED FOR MEETING NAKATANI SPEAKING (RIGHT), HEGSETH LISTENING IN MEETING NAKATANI SPEAKING HEGSETH AND U.S. DELEGATION LIST
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  • Keywords: Bilateral Gen Nakatani Honor guard Japan Japan Defence Minister Pete Hegseth U.S. Defense Secretary United States
  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • City: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001276730032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday (March 30) that Japan was indispensable in tackling Chinese aggression by helping Washington establish a "credible" deterrence in the region, including across the Taiwan Strait.
    Calling Japan a "cornerstone of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific," the Pentagon indicated that President Donald Trump's government would, like past administrations, continue to work closely with its key Asian ally, at a meeting with Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani in Tokyo.
    Japan hosts around 50,000 U.S. military personnel, squadrons of fighter squadrons and Washington's only forward deployed aircraft carrier strike group along a 3,000-km (1,900-mile) archipelago that helps hem in Chinese military power.
    Hegseth, who is in Asia on his first official visit, was welcomed by an honour guard ceremony prior his meeting with Nakatani.
    (Production: Shung Sin Tan)
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