Japan's defense minister said Tuesday he will visit the United States this week and hold talks with his U.S. counterpart to reaffirm the bilateral alliance amid the mounting threat from China in the Indo-Pacific region.Yasukazu Hamada is scheduled to travel to the United States to meet on Wednesday with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. It will be the first time they have met in person since Hamada replaced Nobuo Kishi as Japanese defense minister in early August."We will exchange views on the security environment surrounding the Japan-U.S. alliance" at the planned meeting, Hamada told a news…READ FULL ARTICLE
