US and Japan convene bilateral foreign and defense meeting

During the 2024 U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee, also known as “2+2,” meeting in Tokyo, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Japanese Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamikawa Yoko at 2:50 p.m. JST (1:50 a.m. ET) on July 28.