Austin arrived in Japan on Wednesday, hours after North Korea made a failed attempt to launch a spy satellite using technology banned under UN resolutions.
Lloyd Austin said on Thursday.The United States and Japan are working to modernize their military union in the face of threats from China, North Korea, and Russia,
Austin will have  brief trip  on Tokyo a for two -saided talks before heading to the Shangri-La Dialogue defense summit in Singapore.
PRC’s (China’s) coercive behavior, North Korea’s dangerous provocations and Russia’s cruel war of choice in Ukraine. “adding “But we are united by our shared interests and shared values. And we are taking important steps to modernize our alliances and strengthen our deterrence,”
US, Japan Modernizing Military Alliance , Lloyd Austin
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the United States on June 22, he hinted at major announcements and expressed unequivocal support for the co-production and co-development of defence systems to strengthen India’s indigenous capabilities.
Austin quoted  trilateral cooperation with Australia and South Korea as well as the expanded “pace, scope, and scale” of exercises and training.
In a written interview with Nikkei, Austin pointed that he chose Japan as the first U.S. ally to visit after taking office in January 2021, and said, "Since then, my trips to the Indo-Pacific have reaffirmed my deep personal conviction that no region is more consequential in shaping the world we live in today -- and the course of the 21st century."
US and Japanese forces are becoming “more versatile, resilient, and mobile,” he added, appauding Japan’s decision to obtain counterstrike capacity and improve information-sharing with Washington.
Last year, Tokyo unveiled a major defense overhaul, pledging to boost security spending to two percent of GDP by 2027 and calling China the “greatest strategic challenge ever” for Japan.
Pyongyang has stepped up missile launches in the past year, and Tokyo is also contending with growing pressure from Chinese vessels around islands contested with Beijing.
Austin is also will visit India in early June to advance discussions on bilateral defence cooperation, according to Ely Ratner, the Department of Defense’s assistant secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs.
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