Location:
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Post Date:
Jun 1, 2023 10:53 PM
TAG ID:
jpphotos056928
(RM)
Credit:
Toru Kawata/Jiji Press/Newscom
Format:
3316 x 2210 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Toru Kawata
Keywords:
defense, diplomacy, meeting
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, center right, welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, center left, at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, June 1, 2023. The Japanese and U.S. governments reaffirmed Thursday that they will enhance the two countries' alliance and deterrence, in the face of North Korea's nuclear and missile development and China's military expansion. (Jiji Press/Toru Kawata)