Beit Higseth says we are building a “fighting war” base in Japan

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US Defense Secretary Beit Higseth said that America has begun to upgrade its military forces in Japan to create a “warfare” headquarters, as the allies are trying to build a more enormous deterrent against China.

The promotion, the first stage of reorganizing American forces in Japan Higseth said on Sunday that the announcement of the Biden administration will improve its ability to coordinate operations with the martial forces in Japan and “maintain the enemy’s guess” by creating strategic dilemmas in the region.

“Peace be upon the power with America in the forefront,” he added.

Higseth was speaking in Tokyo at the end of a visit to Japan, which included a memorial party on Iow Jimma, the remote Pacific Island, where the fighting between Japan and the United States in World War II killed huge victims on both sides.

“A typical ally of the United States.” About 55,000 American military personnel are concentrated in the air, sea and sea bases throughout Japan.

In the comments that appeared to calm down Fears in Tokyo About the strength and reliability of the partnership of countries under the presidency of Donald Trump, Higseth said that the American military alliance and Japan remained the cornerstone of peace and security in the India and the Pacific region.

He said: “President Trump also explained … We will put America first. But America does not mean America alone.” “American warriors stand side by side every day with the counterparts of the Japanese self -defense.”

Higseth presented similar assurances in the Philippine’s visit on Friday, as it reaffirmed the “IronClad Alliance” in Washington with Manila to enhance the deterrent in the Pacific.

Trump’s recent comments asked about the health of the long alliances NATO allies It was hesitant in Asia. Japan, which considers itself the closest ally of Washington in the region, depends greatly on the umbrella of the American security.

Trump described earlier this month the United States and Japan Treaty as “an interesting deal with Japan that we must protect, but they do not have to protect us”-the comments that caused concerns between Japanese officials that Higseth will use the visit to Tokyo spend a greater percentage of GDP on defense, and perhaps through the economic threat to the economic threat to the economic threat Definitions on Japanese auto exports.

ELBRIDE COLBY, Trump’s candidate in the defense administration, said earlier this month that Japan should enhance defense spending until after the current goal of 2 percent of GDP by 2027.

But both Nakatani and Hegseth said that their 85 -minute summit did not include discussing the targets of military spending specified for Japan.

Nakatani said that Japan is making efforts to “ventilation” of the country’s defense capabilities significantly, but added that he stressed Higseth that it is important for Japan to advance “at its own discretion.

However, Higseth said that both the United States and Japan had to realize that they needed to do more to provide reliable deterrent in China.

“Our mission in the Ministry of Defense with our friends on the military side is to build a strong alliance that both reality and the depicting of deterrence are real and continuous so that the Communist Chinese do not take the aggressive measures that some have thought.”