Japan, U.S., South Korea top uniformed officers vow to boost cooperation

The top uniformed officers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Thursday pledged to keep boosting trilateral cooperation to achieve regional and global peace amid growing security challenges posed by China and North Korea.Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japanese Defense Ministry's Joint Staff, and his U.S. and South Korean counterparts, Gen. Charles Brown and Adm. Kim Myung Soo, gathered in Tokyo. It was the first time for Japan to host such talks, according to the ministry.The highest-ranking uniformed officers agreed to "continue to strengthen trilateral security cooperatio…READ FULL ARTICLE