Kyodo: The US will expand the functions of its military headquarters in Japan

Kyodo writes about this.

According to the agency, it is planned to provide the headquarters with the opportunity to independently plan joint exercises with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and conduct a more active exchange of information with the Japanese side.

The initiative is expected to be approved at the upcoming meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and US President Joe Biden, scheduled for April 10.

Earlier, Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolai Nozdrev noted that the Japanese authorities are not ready to defend their position before Washington.

It was also reported that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, during a speech at a meeting of the Security Council of the world organization, recalled the tragedy of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, calling them a massacre, but did not mention the United States as the culprits.