15:03 JST, May 24, 2024
The Japanese and US governments plan to hold a meeting of the Japan-US Security Advisory Committee with their foreign and defense chiefs, known as two-plus-two security talks, as early as July in Tokyo, government sources from both countries said. to land.
It will be the first such meeting since January 2023 in Washington.
During the Japan-US summits in April, the two sides agreed to review the command and control frameworks of the Self-Defense Forces and the US military. It is expected that this discussion will continue in earnest during the talks.
In Japan, there is a plan to establish a joint operations command center for the SDF by the end of 2024. The center will have integrated command of ground, maritime and air self-defense forces even in peacetime. Both the Japanese and American sides will continue to review their respective command structures and troop operations.
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