US, Japan to sign new agreement on defense research and development
TOKYO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States and Japan will sign a new agreement on research and development that will facilitate cooperation between the two countries. Military threats include supersonic missiles. This was released by Reuters on Friday, January 7, 2022.
Antony Blinken made the remarks at an online meeting of US and Japanese foreign and defense ministers on Thursday to discuss strengthening security ties and focusing on Japan's role. Around the case of Taiwan and North Korea.
According to the US Secretary of State, it is important to maintain, strengthen and modernize the long-standing US-Japan alliance, especially in the face of growing threats from Russia, China and North Korea. "We are working on a new research and development agreement that will facilitate defense cooperation as well as counter the threat of supersonic missiles," Blinken said.
The US-Japan meeting of foreign and defense ministers comes just one day after North Korea claimed it had successfully tested a supersonic missile, a weapons test. This is the second time that Pyongyang has tested a supersonic missile in September 2021. In addition, on Thursday this week, Japan and Australia also signed an agreement to strengthen military ties between the two countries.
