Japan finalizing new defense agreements with the US and Australia The U.S. and Japan are close to signing a new five-year pact for Japan to support U.S. military forces in the country and a new agreement to research and develop new defense technologies, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. On Wednesday, Japan’s new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison signed a reciprocal access agreement to make it easier for their respective militaries to visit each other’s countries for exercises. https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2022/01/07/us-japan-agree-to-two-defense-pacts-amid-china-worries/
