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US: Hawaii’s Kilauea Erupts For Its 10th Time Since Last December

Hawaii’s Kilauea erupted for the 10th time since it burst to life on December 23, on Wednesday, February 19. The eruption occurred at the volcano’s summit crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. However, it posed no threat to residential areas. The eruption lasted for nearly 13 hours.

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My Lady Jane Premiere - LA

Carter Johnson, Cynthia Hand, Madeleine Struloeff, Jodi Meadows, Lauren MacLeod, William Struloeff, Brodi Ashton , At Los Angeles Premiere Of Prime Video's "My Lady Jane" at DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles, CA, USA on June 24 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S., ASEAN navies to drill in hopes of improving surveillance capacity

HONOLULU, United States, Sept. 30 Kyodo - U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter speaks at a press conference after a meeting with his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Hawaii on Sept. 30, 2016.

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U.S. deputy defense chief Carter in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean foreign minister Yun Byung Se (L) shakes hands with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in Seoul on March 18, 2013.

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Japan-U.S. defense guidelines

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Akihisa Nagashima meets the press in Washington on Nov. 9, 2012, after holding talks separately with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. The two sides agreed to start talks on reviewing the bilateral defense guidelines that define the coordination of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military, Nagashima said.

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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Carter in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan hold talks in Seoul on July 26, 2012.

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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Carter

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on July 21, 2012.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Shu Watanabe (2nd from front) meets with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at the ministry in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. The two discussed a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft to bases in Japan, with the first 12 aircraft set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter meets with Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Shu Watanabe at the ministry in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. The two discussed a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft to bases in Japan, with the first 12 aircraft set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Shu Watanabe (L) shakes hands with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at the ministry in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. The two discussed a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft to bases in Japan, with the first 12 aircraft set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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Former U.S. Defense Secretary Carter

File photo taken in April 2015 shows Ashton Carter, who served as U.S. secretary of defense during Barack Obama's administration. Carter died on Oct. 24, 2022, at 68.

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GID to serve militarily

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter attends a press conference at the Pentagon on June 30, 2016, to announce that people with gender identity disorder will be able to serve in the military. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea, U.S. agree to take tough stance on N. Korea

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter shake hands in Singapore on June 4, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea, U.S. agree to take tough stance on N. Korea

(From L) Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and South Korean Defense Minister Han Min Koo shake hands in Singapore on June 4, 2016. The defense ministers of Japan, South Korea and the United States agreed that they will continue to take tough stance on North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea, U.S. agree to take tough stance on N. Korea

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter gives a speech in Singapore on June 4, 2016, at Asia's annual premier security forum, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. accuses N. Korea of failed missile launch

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter gives instructions at U.S. Army Fort Huachuca in Arizona on May 31, 2016. On North Korea's apparent failed attempt to launch an intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Defense Department said in a statement, "We strongly condemn North Korea's missile test in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, which explicitly prohibit North Korea's use of ballistic missile technology." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea to work closely on N. Korea

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2016, after having separate phone talks with his U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and South Korean Defense Minister Han Min Koo. The defense chiefs agreed that the three nations will work closely to deal with North Korea following its recent nuclear test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. secretary of defense visits aircraft carrier in South China Sea

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (C) speaks to reporters aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt sailing in the South China Sea near Malaysia on Nov. 5, 2015. On a two-day trip for talks with Asian defense ministers, Carter said his visit to the aircraft carrier was to reinforce the U.S. view that China is making excessive claims in its massive reclamation projects in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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18-nation defense forum scraps declaration amid S. China Sea row

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter attends a meeting of 18 defense chiefs on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 4, 2015. Squabbles over the South China Sea resulted in the scrapping of a joint declaration that was supposed to be issued at the end of the one-day meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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18-nation defense forum scraps declaration amid S. China Sea row

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter attends a meeting of 18 defense chiefs on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 4, 2015. Squabbles over the South China Sea resulted in the scrapping of a joint declaration that was supposed to be issued at the end of the one-day meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Philippines defense secretaries meet in Kuala Lumpur

Philippines Secretary of Defense Voltaire Gazmin (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter walk together before their talks in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 3, 2015. They are in the Malaysian capital to attend a meeting of defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian and a separate meeting of defense ministers from the ASEAN and eight other countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan and U.S. defense officials meet in Malaysia

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter shake hands prior to their talks at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 3, 2015, on the sidelines of a meeting of defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus eight other countries, including Japan and the U.S. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. sign new environment pact for U.S. military bases in Japan

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter shake hands at the Pentagon in Washington on Sept. 28, 2015 after they signed an accord that will permit Japanese officials to enter U.S. military bases in Japan to conduct environmental surveys. The pact supplements the existing Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement which governs the use of U.S. military bases in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. defense chief Carter visits Vietnam

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (R) attends a welcoming ceremony for him in Hanoi accompanied by Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh on June 1, 2015. Carter visited Vietnam ahead of the first visit to the United Sates by Hanoi's top leader since the end of the 1965-1975 war between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Vietnam agree to strengthen defense cooperation

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) and Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh shake hands after signing a "Joint Vision Statement" at the Defense Ministry in Hanoi on June 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-born Harris welcomed as next head of U.S. Pacific Command

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter speaks during a ceremony to welcome Adm. Harry Harris as head of the U.S. Pacific Command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on May 27, 2015. Harris is the highest-ranking Asian-American in the U.S. Navy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. to seek 3-way defense talks with S. Korea

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (front) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter enter a Defense Department building near Washington on April 28, 2015. Nakatani said he and Carter agreed that day to call on South Korean Defense Minister Han Min Koo to hold trilateral defense chief talks to better deal with the North Korean nuclear issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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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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S. Korean President Park greets U.S. defense chief Carter

South Korean President Park Geun Hye (R) greets visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter ahead of their talks in Seoul on April 10, 2015. (Pool photo by Getty Images) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean President Park talks with U.S. defense chief Carter

South Korean President Park Geun Hye (far R) compares notes with visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (far L) in Seoul on April 10, 2015. (Pool photo by Getty Images) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. defense chief meets PM Abe in Tokyo

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 8, 2015, before their talks on a range of topics, in advance of the prime minister's visit to Washington. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea, U.S. defense chiefs agree to deepen info sharing with Japan

South Korean Defense Minister Han Min Koo (R) and his U.S. counterpart Ashton Carter hold a joint press conference in Seoul on April 10, 2015. They agreed on the importance of sharing military information with Japan to better respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea, U.S. defense chiefs agree to deepen info sharing with Japan

South Korean Defense Minister Han Min Koo (R) and his U.S. counterpart Ashton Carter shake hands before their talks in Seoul on April 10, 2015. They agreed on the importance of sharing military information with Japan to better respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet in Tokyo

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter attends a press conference following his meeting with Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in Tokyo on April 8, 2015. They agreed to work for the revision of bilateral defense cooperation guidelines set to be released by the end of the month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet in Tokyo

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter attend a joint press conference following their meeting in Tokyo on April 8, 2015. They agreed to work for the revision of bilateral defense cooperation guidelines set to be released by the end of the month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet in Tokyo

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (R) is welcomed by a guard of honor at Japan's Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 8, 2015, together with Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L). Their meeting was held to help put the final touches to revised bilateral defense cooperation guidelines set to be released by the end of the month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet in Tokyo

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (far L) speaks during his meeting with Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in Tokyo on April 8, 2015. The meeting was held to help put the final touches to revised bilateral defense cooperation guidelines set to be released by the end of the month. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet in Tokyo

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (far R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (far L) meet in Tokyo on April 8, 2015, to help put the final touches to revised bilateral defense cooperation guidelines set to be released by the end of the month. Updating the guidelines is a "historic effort" to make the Japan-U.S. alliance "stronger, more than ever," Nakatani said at the outset of the meeting. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet in Tokyo

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter meet in Tokyo on April 8, 2015, to help put the final touches to revised bilateral defense cooperation guidelines set to be released by the end of the month. Updating the guidelines is a "historic effort" to make the Japan-U.S. alliance "stronger, more than ever," Nakatani said at the outset of the meeting. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet in Tokyo

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter meet in Tokyo on April 8, 2015, to help put the final touches to revised bilateral defense cooperation guidelines set to be released by the end of the month. Updating the guidelines is a "historic effort" to make the Japan-U.S. alliance "stronger, more than ever," Nakatani said at the outset of the meeting. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Afghanistan to resume ministerial-level meetings

(From L) Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter shake hands after a joint press conference at the Camp David presidential retreat in the United States on March 23, 2015. The U.S. and Afghan leaders agreed to resume routine ministerial-level meetings between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Defense Secretary Carter meets with Japanese Prime Minister Abe

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (2nd from L), accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2016, for talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Defense Sec. Carter inspects DMZ on Korean Peninsula

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (R), accompanied by South Korean Defense Minister Han Min Koo (L), inspects the demilitarized zone on the Korean Peninsula on Nov. 1, 2015, from the South Korean side. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. defense chief Carter speaks to soldiers at Alaska base

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter speaks to soldiers at Fort Wainwright Military Base adjacent to Fairbanks, Alaska, on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet for talks on alliance, base issues

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2016. The two defense chiefs met to reaffirm the bilateral alliance and discuss efforts to address local concerns over crimes linked to the heavy U.S. military presence in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet for talks on alliance, base issues

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter meet in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2016, to reaffirm the bilateral alliance and discuss efforts to address local concerns over crimes linked to the heavy U.S. military presence in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet for talks on alliance, base issues

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (3rd from R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (3rd from L) meet in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2016, to reaffirm the bilateral alliance and discuss efforts to address local concerns over crimes linked to the heavy U.S. military presence in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet for talks on alliance, base issues

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (R) meets with the honor guard, together with Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2016. The two defense chiefs met on the day to reaffirm the bilateral alliance and discuss efforts to address local concerns over crimes linked to the heavy U.S. military presence in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet for talks on alliance, base issues

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (C) arrives at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2016, for talks with Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada. The two defense chiefs were expected to reaffirm the bilateral alliance and discuss efforts to address local concerns over crimes linked to the heavy U.S. military presence in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo