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Australian defense minister in Japan

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles (C) inspect a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 surface-to-air missile defense system at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Australian defense minister in Japan

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) jogs with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles on the premises of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Australian defense minister in Japan

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) jogs with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles on the premises of the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Japan-Australia defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles hold a joint press conference after their talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Japan-Australia defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles prior to their talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Japan-Indonesia defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and his Indonesian counterpart Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin shake hands prior to their talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2025.

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GSDF to be sent to Akita Pref. to deal with bear attacks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2025, announcing a plan to dispatch Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, amid a recent spate of bear attacks. The Defense Ministry said GSDF activities will be limited to logistics support including transporting bear traps and it will not deploy firearms.

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Japan-U.S. defense meeting

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ahead of their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd from R) holds talks with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (far L) at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S. defense meeting

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (R) reviews an honor guard alongside Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S. defense meeting

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (R) reviews an honor guard alongside Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S. defense meeting

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (3rd from L) reviews an honor guard alongside Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (4th from L) at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front, 3rd from R) attends talks with his American counterpart Pete Hegseth at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ahead of their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new Defense Minister Koizumi

New Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi gives instructions to ministry officials during his inauguration ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, a day after the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was launched. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new Defense Minister Koizumi

New Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi gives instructions to ministry officials during his inauguration ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, a day after the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was launched. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new Defense Minister Koizumi

New Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi gives instructions to ministry officials during his inauguration ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, a day after the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was launched. (Pool photo)

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U.S. secretary of the army in Japan

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2025.

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Japanese, S. Korean defense ministers

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L) and his South Korean counterpart Ahn Gyu Back enter the South Korean defense ministry in Seoul on Sept. 8, 2025.

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Japanese, S. Korean defense ministers

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L) and his South Korean counterpart Ahn Gyu Back enter the South Korean defense ministry in Seoul on Sept. 8, 2025.

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Meeting between Japan PM and SDF senior officials

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C, back) gives instructions to senior Self-Defense Forces officials during an annual meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30, 2025.

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Meeting between Japan PM and SDF senior officials

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gives instructions to senior Self-Defense Forces officials during an annual meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30, 2025.

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Meeting between Japan PM and SDF senior officials

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gives instructions to senior Self-Defense Forces officials during an annual meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30, 2025.

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Meeting between Japan PM and SDF senior officials

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives a guard of honor at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30, 2025, prior to him giving instructions to senior Self-Defense Forces officials.

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Meeting between Japan PM and SDF senior officials

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives a guard of honor at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30, 2025, prior to him giving instructions to senior Self-Defense Forces officials.

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Meeting between Japan PM and SDF senior officials

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives a guard of honor at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30, 2025, prior to him giving instructions to senior Self-Defense Forces officials.

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SDF trainer jet crashes

INUYAMA, Japan, May 15 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an oil slick on a reservoir in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on May 14, 2025, after an Air Self-Defense Force trainer jet with two personnel crashed earlier in the day shortly after takeoff from Komaki Air Base, also in the prefecture. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 14, 2025, after an Air Self-Defense Force training jet with two personnel aboard crashed into a reservoir in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, earlier in the day.(Kyodo)

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SDF trainer jet crashes

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 14, 2025, after an Air Self-Defense Force training jet with two personnel aboard crashed into a reservoir in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, earlier in the day.

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SDF trainer jet crashes

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 14, 2025, after an Air Self-Defense Force training jet with two personnel aboard crashed into a reservoir in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, earlier in the day.

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N. Korea fires multiple missiles

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani meets the press at the ministry in Tokyo on May 8, 2025, after North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day.

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (far R) holds talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2024.

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (2nd from front on right row) holds talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (4th from front on left row) at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2024.

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Japan-Sweden defense ministerial talks

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) and his Swedish counterpart Pal Jonson shake hands at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2024.

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Japan-EU talks

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) and European Union foreign and security policy chief Josep Borrell shake hands during their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2024.

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N. Korea fires ballistic missile

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (C) meets the press at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2024, after North Korea launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day.

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New commander of U.S. forces in Japan

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost, new commander of U.S. forces in Japan, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2024.

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Japan Defense Minister Nakatani

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani meets the press at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2024.

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Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani meets U.S. Navy Adm. Paparo

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) shakes hands with U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024.

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Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani meets U.S. Navy Adm. Paparo

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) holds talks with U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command, at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024.

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Japan Defense Minister Kihara

TOKYO, Japan, July 19 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin shake hands ahead of their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on July 29, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (far R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (far L) hold talks at the ministry in Tokyo on July 29, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea defense talks in Tokyo

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (far R) holds talks with his South Korean counterpart Shin Won Sik (far L) at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan-S. Korea defense talks in Tokyo

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (R) and his South Korean counterpart Shin Won Sik shake hands before their talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan Defense Minister Kihara

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on July 19, 2024.

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Japan Defense Minister Kihara

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on July 19, 2024.

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Japan defense minister Kihara on SDF chopper crash

TOKYO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo -Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, at which he released the results of an investigation into the deadly collision of two Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters in April over the Pacific during a night drill.(Kyodo)

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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

TOKYO, Japan, July 12 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after the ministry disciplined 218 Self-Defense Forces members and senior bureaucrats in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information. (Kyodo)

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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara apologizes during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after it disciplined 218 Self-Defense Force members and senior bureaucrats in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information.

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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after the ministry disciplined 218 Self-Defense Forces members and senior bureaucrats in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information.