By MIZUKI SATO/ Staff Writer
October 29, 2025 at 18:48 JST
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, left, wears the matching “Sukajan” souvenir jacket gifted by Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi during their first meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 29. (From Pete Hegseth’s post on X)
Visiting U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth pressed his Japanese counterpart on Oct. 29 in talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo to speedily increase the nation's defense spending, as promised to the United States. [Read More]
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