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US needs Japan's help to boost military production, ambassador says
Voice of America
FILE - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel delivers a speech at the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base, in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, May 16, 2024.
The United States needs Japan's help to cope with strategic challenges in Europe and Asia that are straining its defense industries, the U.S. ambassador to Japan said on Monday as the countries kicked off talks on military industrial cooperation.
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