Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani met for an hour at the Pentagon yesterday to discuss implementation plans of the newly released guidelines for U.S.-Japan defense cooperation, regional situations, the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan and defense equipment...

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and thebeginning of the strategic partnership between the United States and Japan.  Incelebration, the theme of the 2015 Bilateral Enlisted Dining Out is "70 years offriendship."The local bilateral relationship began in the wake of...

U.S. Pacific Command deployed a JointHumanitarian Assistance Survey Team to Nepal from Kadena Air Base early April29 in an effort to assist earthquake relief efforts.Kadena’s Airmen worked through the night toload the team’s 20-plus members and gear into a United States Marine CorpsC-130 for the...

Ambassador Peter W. Bodde welcomed the U.S. Disaster Assistance and ResponseTeam (DART) to Nepal today, April 28.  The team is deployed to assist withrelief and recovery efforts in coordination with the Nepal Government, theinternational community, and relief agencies, after the April 25...

Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work met yesterday with Australian Assistant Minister for Defense Stuart Robert at the Pentagon to discuss the deep bilateral defense cooperation between the U.S. and Australia, according to a Defense Department news releaseDuring the 30-minute meeting, Work conveyed his...