TOKYO -- Seven months after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida promised U.S. President Joe Biden to "fundamentally reinforce" Japan's defense capabilities, their respective foreign and defense ministers will meet in Washington on Wednesday to discuss progress on the matter.
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From left, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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