Location:
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Post Date:
Jun 1, 2023 10:53 PM
TAG ID:
jpphotos056933
(RM)
Credit:
Toru Kawata/Jiji Press/Newscom
Format:
5472 x 3648 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Toru Kawata
Keywords:
defense, diplomacy, meeting
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, shakes hands with Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, right, at the end of a joint press conference held after their talks 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)