WASHINGTN -- Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby provided the following readout:Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III held his first in-person bilateral engagement with Japanese Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi, today in Tokyo. During the meeting, Secretary Austin reaffirmed the importance of the...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Japanese defense and foreign affairs leaders agreed today that China's behavior has become more aggressive, and the U.S. and Japan will work together to counter China's destabilizing efforts.Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- Representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, and U.S. Coast Guard joined Philippine National Police – Maritime Group (PNP-MG) Director, Police Brigadier General John Mitchell Jamili, for the handover of Php3.65 million...

U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Japan -- The United States Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (DHS/CISA), Department of State (DOS), and Department of Energy (DOE) are proud to have supported the Japan – US Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Week...

WASHINGTON -- The Indo-Pacific has always been a region of superlatives, but the terms have changed over the past decades.Now people talk about the Indo-Pacific being a "region of consequence," "the priority theater," or the "global economic engine."For decades, the U.S. military has recognized the...

SINGAPORE -- The U.S. Navy routinely conducts cooperative underway replenishments with partner nations throughout the 7th Fleet area of operations and one of the closest of those partners is the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).When it comes to planning and executing combined replenishment...

WASHINGTON -- The visit of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to Japan is all about consulting on shared concerns and opportunities in the Indo-Pacific, a senior defense official said today.The official told reporters traveling with Austin that the...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Coast Guard, Air Force, and Federated States of Micronesia responders rescued five mariners in the vicinity of Houk Island, Chuuk, Friday.The crew of the merchant vessel Hoegh Brasilia rescued the mariners, missing since Tuesday, and transported them to the vicinity of Houk...

PACIFIC OCEAN -- The Navy took another critical step forward in the future of the F-35C Lightning II joint strike fighter on March 6.The Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducted a vertical replenishment at sea, simulating the ability to transfer an F135 jet engine...

WASHINGTON -- On March 10-11, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs David F. Helvey and Thailand's Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary General Natt Intracharoen led the 6th U.S.-Thailand Defense Strategic Talks. It was one of the first bilateral dialogues with a...