TOKYO, Sept. 8 -- Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) issued the following news release:
On September 5, commencing at 10:40 a.m. for approximately 3 hours, Mr. NAKATANI Gen, Minister of Defense of Japan, and IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held the 12th Japan-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting with the Hon. Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia in Tokyo. Following the consultations, a Joint Statement was issued use overview of the meeting is as follows:
Overview
At the outset, Minister IWAYA stated that Japan and Australia have the will and ca...