TOKYO - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday affirmed that the alliance with Japan remains the "cornerstone" of security in the region, joining a war memorial service on Iwoto Island in the Pacific where the two countries engaged in a deadly battle 80 years ago.
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