Japan, U.S. revise defense guidelines, eye expanded SDF roles

Foreign and defense chiefs of Japan and the United States attend a joint press conference in New York on April 27, 2015, after revising bilateral defense cooperation guidelines. From L, Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. State Secretary John Kerry and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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