On Sunday, June 10, Japan and the United States initiated their first talks under the newly established U.S.-Japan Forum on Defense Industrial Cooperation, Acquisition and Sustainment (DICAS) to enhance bilateral defense industry collaboration. The forum, launched in April by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, aims to deepen defense ties between the two nations. The discussions, held in Tokyo, focus on expanding Japan's role in defense, including U.S. warship and aircraft repairs in Japan. This initiative comes as the U.S. faces challenges in supplying weapons to Ukraine and keeping pace with China's military expansion. U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel highlighted that Japan's involvement in ship and airplane maintenance, as well as missile production, would allow the U.S. to concentrate on other critical defense skills.
U.S. and Japanese officials have held their first consultations to deepen defense-industrial collaboration as the allies take security ties to new heights, targeting matters including U.S. warship and aircraft repairs in Japan. https://t.co/Hqpbk7Qhlc
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To compete with China, the U.S. is turning to Japan for help in boosting arms shipments - Bloomberg U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel said that if Japan takes over ship and airplane repair and maintenance, as well as missile production and supply chain, "U.S. skills can be focused on… https://t.co/UDG3tY2H7o
U.S. and Japanese officials have held their first consultations to deepen defense industry collaboration as the allies take security ties to new heights, targeting things including U.S. warship and aircraft repairs in Japan. https://t.co/GEPK1XPloG
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🇺🇸🇯🇵 On Sunday, Japan and the U.S. kicked off their first talks in Tokyo on forging deeper defence industry collaboration under the U.S.-Japan Forum on Defense Industrial Cooperation, Acquisition and Sustainment (DICAS) established in April by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio… https://t.co/ZikqOjveGi
Japan opened a new forum with the US to boost bilateral defense industry ties, with Tokyo expanding its role to help its sole ally https://t.co/wGmEBrvwZ1