Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi and Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Philip Davidson met at Japan’s Defense Ministry on April 12 and confirmed the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
The Sankei Shimbun reports that Nobuo Kishi and Philip Davidson held a meeting at the Ministry of Defense on April 12, where they exchanged views on China’s (Communist) movements and the situation in the East and South China Seas, and confirmed the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Both believe that in order to achieve a “free and open Indo-Pacific”, the U.S. and Japan need to continue to cooperate.
Both Kishi and Davidson agreed that the U.S. and Japan should strengthen their deterrence and response capabilities through joint training between the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and U.S. forces. The two men also discussed how to respond to North Korea’s development of ballistic missiles, and that the U.S. and Japan should cooperate.
Davidson said that the U.S.-Japan alliance is the basis for regional peace and stability, and is optimistic about the future development of the U.S.-Japan alliance. Nobuo Kishi emphasized that U.S.-Japan defense cooperation has been rapidly deepening. The U.S.-Japan alliance has played a very important role in the development of regional peace and stability and the U.S.-Japan alliance.
Davidson met with Japan’s Chief of Staff of the Self-Defense Forces, Yukio Yamazaki, before meeting with Nobuo Kishi. Davidson, who will be stepping down from his post in the near future, came to Japan to receive a medal from the Japanese government.
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