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Japan, U.S. ink pact to trade ammunition

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi shake hands after signing revisions to a bilateral agreement on Feb. 27 to enable Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and the U.S. military to exchange ammunition if Japan is attacked by foreign forces. The revised Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) also enables the two sides to mutually provide logistics in Iraq and in other areas where they cooperate.

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Japan, France defense ministers confirm need to form procurement deal

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian head to their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 14, 2015. Japan and France confirmed at the meeting the need to accelerate talks to form an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, or ACSA, at an early date partly for the procurement of supplies and services on their antipiracy missions in waters off Somalia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, France defense ministers confirm need to form procurement deal

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) shakes hands with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian ahead of their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 14, 2015. Japan and France confirmed at the meeting the need to accelerate talks to form an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, or ACSA, at an early date partly for the procurement of supplies and services on their antipiracy missions in waters off Somalia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kishida meets with Canadian counterpart Dion

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) meets with Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion in Lima on Nov. 17, 2016, on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. The two ministers agreed to step up talks on an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, or ACSA, as part of efforts to deepen security cooperation between Japan and Canada. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. ink pact to trade ammunition

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi shake hands after signing revisions to a bilateral agreement on Feb. 27 to enable Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and the U.S. military to exchange ammunition if Japan is attacked by foreign forces. The revised Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) also enables the two sides to mutually provide logistics in Iraq and in other areas where they cooperate. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. sign new ACSA pact

Japanese Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi (L)(8) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright before signing an agreement to revise the Japan-U.S. Acquisition and Cross-Servicing agreement in line with new bilateral defense guidelines in Tokyo on April 28.