Bolstering U.S. presence in Japan "top priority": senior Pentagon official

Bolstering the U.S. military's presence and posture in Japan is a "top priority" for the Defense Department as it seeks to rebuild deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region amid China's rise, a senior official said Wednesday.John Noh, assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, however, said at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee that "the U.S. military cannot and should not alone sustain a favorable balance of power, which is fundamentally in our regional allies and partners' interests.""The department has called upon our allies and partners to expand their co…READ FULL ARTICLE