Pentagon: US ready to defend Japan with nuclear capability

Austin stressed America's readiness to defend Japan using "our entire arsenal of conventional (weapons) and nuclear capabilities," the Pentagon chief said in a statement following a meeting between the Pentagon chief and Japanese Defense Secretary Yasukazu Hamada.

The parties discussed the actions of the PRC in relation to Taiwan, as well as military operations in Ukraine.

Earlier, Japan and the United States held joint air exercises over the Sea of ​​Japan.