USFK chief, Japanese defense minister discuss regional defense cooperation

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The commander of US Forces Korea has met with Japan's defense minister to discuss defense cooperation among allies and like-minded countries in the Indo-Pa

The commander of US Forces Korea has met with Japan's defense minister to discuss defense cooperation among allies and like-minded countries in the Indo-Pacific region, according to Japan's defense ministry.

Gen. Xavier Brunson, who also leads the United Nations Command and South Korea-US Combined Forces Command, paid a courtesy call on Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo, according to a post on the ministry's official X account.

The post showed that US Ambassador to Japan George Glass and Japanese Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, head of Japan's Joint Staff, joined the meeting.

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