After a day of high-level meetings, U. S. and Japanese officials said they had agreed to boost defenses against North Korea’s growing mi…
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After a day of high-level meetings, U. S. and Japanese officials said they had agreed to boost defenses against North Korea’s growing military threat.
Japan will “augment its defense capabilities” while Washington “remains committed to deploying its most advanced capabilities to Japan, ” the State Department said.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis met their Japanese counterparts, Taro Kono and Itsunori Onodera, as part of an annual security review.
Most of the talks focused on North Korea’s rapid advances in developing nuclear arms and ballistic missiles.
“In light of the threat of North Korea, the four of us confirmed the importance of the unwavering U. S. commitment to extended deterrence, ” Onodera told reporters.
Tillerson reiterated the U. S. interest in resuming a long-stalled diplomatic dialogue with Pyongyang in an effort to stop its nuclear development.
