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Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi meets the press following his talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi, Hegseth take part in training

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth take part in military-style exercises at a U.S. military facility near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi, Hegseth take part in training

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth take part in military-style exercises at a U.S. military facility near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi, Hegseth take part in training

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth take part in military-style exercises at a U.S. military facility near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front) holds talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd from L) holds talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (3rd from R) near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pose before their talks near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Japan defense chief in Hawaii

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (far L) and Adm. Samuel Paparo (far R), commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hold talks in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Jan. 12, 2026.

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Japan defense chief visits training field in Chiba Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi meets the press during a visit to a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force exercise field in Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 11, 2026.

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Japan defense chief visits training field in Chiba Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi takes part in parachute jump tower training at a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force exercise field in Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 11, 2026.

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Japan defense chief visits base in Miyazaki Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) checks the noise of an F-35B stealth fighter jet during a visit to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Nyutabaru base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 9, 2026.

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Japan defense chief visits base in Miyazaki Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi meets the press during a visit to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Nyutabaru base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 9, 2026.

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Japan Defense Minister Koizumi

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi holds a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026.

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Japan defense minister meets Okinawa gov.

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks to reporters following a meeting with Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Naha, capital of the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister meets Okinawa gov.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) holds talks with Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in Naha, capital of the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister meets Okinawa gov.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters following a meeting with Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in Naha, capital of the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister visits Okinawa Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front) looks at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from the rooftop of the Ginowan city government building in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister visits Okinawa Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front) looks at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from the rooftop of the Ginowan city government building in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister visits ASDF base in Okinawa Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) visits the Japan Air Self-Defense Force base in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister visits ASDF base in Okinawa Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front) boards a Japan Air Self-Defense Force jet during a visit to its base in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister in Okinawa

Taketoyo Toguchi, mayor of Okinawa Prefecture's Nago, where land reclamation work is under way for the relocation of a U.S. military base, meets the press following a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in the southern Japan prefecture's capital Naha on Jan. 7, 2026.

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Japan defense minister in Okinawa

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a meeting in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7, 2026, with Taketoyo Toguchi, mayor of Nago, where land reclamation work is under way for the relocation of a U.S. military base.

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Japan defense minister in Okinawa

Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, commanding general of the U.S. Marine Corps' III Marine Expeditionary Force and Okinawa Area Coordinator, speaks during a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Jan. 7, 2026.

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Japan defense minister in Okinawa

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, commanding general of the U.S. Marine Corps' III Marine Expeditionary Force and Okinawa Area Coordinator, as they hold a meeting in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Jan. 7, 2026.

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N. Korea conducts test launches of hypersonic missiles

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2026, after North Korea test-fired hypersonic missiles earlier in the day.

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Defense Minister Koizumi visits GSDF camp

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) rides a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force assault amphibious vehicle 7 during a visit to the GSDF's Camp Ainoura in Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 21, 2025.

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Defense Minister Koizumi visits GSDF camp

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) meets the press during a visit to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ainoura in Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 21, 2025.

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Defense Minister Koizumi visits GSDF camp

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) rides a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force assault amphibious vehicle 7 during a visit to the GSDF's Camp Ainoura in Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 21, 2025.

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Defense Minister Koizumi visits GSDF camp

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) rides a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force assault amphibious vehicle 7 during a visit to the GSDF's Camp Ainoura in Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 21, 2025.

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Japan-New Zealand defense talks

New Zealand Defense Minister Judith Collins (R) receives a guard of honor in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025. She held talks with her Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi (C), the same day.

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Japan-New Zealand defense talks

New Zealand Defense Minister Judith Collins (L) receives a guard of honor in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025. She held talks with her Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi (R), the same day.

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Japan-New Zealand defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi meets the press jointly with his New Zealand counterpart, Judith Collins, following their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

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Japan-New Zealand defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with his New Zealand counterpart, Judith Collins, after they met the press following their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

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Japan-New Zealand defense talks

New Zealand Defense Minister Judith Collins meets the press jointly with her Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, following their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

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Japan-New Zealand defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with his New Zealand counterpart, Judith Collins, after they met the press following their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

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Japan-New Zealand defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and his New Zealand counterpart Judith Collins meet the press after their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

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Japan-New Zealand defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and his New Zealand counterpart Judith Collins meet the press after their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

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Japan-New Zealand defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and his New Zealand counterpart Judith Collins meet the press after their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

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Japan-New Zealand defense ministerial talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and his New Zealand counterpart Judith Collins pose for a photo before their meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan-New Zealand defense ministerial talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd from L) and his New Zealand counterpart Judith Collins (far R) hold talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan-New Zealand defense ministerial talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd from L) and his New Zealand counterpart Judith Collins (far R) hold talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan-New Zealand defense ministerial talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and his New Zealand counterpart Judith Collins pose for a photo before their meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Defense Minister Koizumi

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after talking via telephone with his U.S. counterpart, Pete Hegseth, over the recent radar lock incident involving Japanese and Chinese fighter jets.

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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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China military aircraft lock radar onto Japanese fighters

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) meets the press in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 7, 2025, after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets southeast of Okinawa's main island the previous day.

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China military aircraft lock radar onto Japanese fighters

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi meets the press in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 7, 2025, after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets southeast of Okinawa's main island the previous day.