Location:
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Post Date:
Jun 1, 2023 10:53 PM
TAG ID:
jpphotos056935
(RM)
Credit:
Toru Kawata/Jiji Press/Newscom
Format:
5200 x 3466 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Toru Kawata
Keywords:
defense, diplomacy, meeting
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, second left, and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, right, hold a joint press conference 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)