Minister Kono visits China for the first time in 10 years as Defense Minister and goes to Japan-China meeting December 18th 6:18

Defense Minister Kono will visit China for the first time in 10 years as a defense minister of Japan and hold a Japan-China defense ministerial meeting, while demanding China to rapidly strengthen its military power while increasing transparency I want to build trust through defense exchanges.

Defense Minister Kono will visit China for the first time in 10 years as a Japanese defense minister in a two-day schedule starting on the 18th, and will hold a meeting with the defense minister of Japan and China.

At the meeting, Kono wants to raise transparency while raising concerns about the lack of explanation to the international community while China is rapidly increasing military spending and deploying new fighter aircraft and aircraft carriers. It is an idea.

In order to avoid accidental collisions, the policy is to discuss the early establishment of a hotline between defense authorities.

In addition, we are going to visit the army units in Beijing, and Mr. Kono wants to build trust through dialogue and defense exchanges with China.