일본과 인도네시아가 아사기리급 호위함 수출을 위한 실무 협의를 시작하기로 합의했다. 이번 합의는 도쿄에서 열린 양국 국방장관 회담에서 이루어졌다.
고이즈미 신지로 일본 방위상과 샤프리 샴수딘 인도네시아 국방장관은 금요일 이 같은 합의에 도달했다. 양측은 지난달 마련된 실무 협의 체계를 활용해 훈련 및 유지보수를 포함한 사안들을 논의할 예정이다. 이번 협의는 일본이 지난 4월 방위장비 이전 규정을 개정한 데 따른 것이다. 해당 개정을 통해 일본은 자국과 안보 협정을 체결한 국가에 호위함과 같은 무기를 수출할 수 있게 되었다. 1988년에 취역한 아사기리급 호위함은 대잠수함 작전 능력을 갖추고 있으며, 올해 3월 중 한 척이 퇴역했다. 인도네시아는 이미 일본과 필요한 비밀정보 보호 협정을 체결한 상태이다.
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Japan has revised its long-standing rules on lethal arms exports, prompting Chinese warnings of resurgent militarism amid heightened bilateral tensions.
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is arranging a visit to the Philippines in early May. The trip aims to advance talks with counterpart Gilberto Teodoro on exporting decommissioned Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers. Sources familiar with the matter said Sunday.
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Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi announced on Tuesday a five-day trip to Indonesia and the Philippines starting Sunday. He described the move amid Japan's most severe postwar security environment. Koizumi is set to meet his Indonesian counterpart on Monday and Philippine counterpart on Tuesday.
Japan's defence minister Shinjiro Koizumi rejected China's accusations of militarism at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday. He criticised Beijing's military expansion and lack of transparency instead.
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Top naval commanders of South Korea, the United States and Japan gathered in Seoul on Wednesday for talks to strengthen trilateral maritime security cooperation, South Korea's Navy said. The meeting included Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Kim Kyung-ryul, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Stephen Koehler and Adm. Akira Saito, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, who held bilateral talks and a trilateral dinner. The discussions occurred amid Middle East tensions and U.S. requests for support in the Strait of Hormuz.
South Korea and the United States launched their first round of security talks on Tuesday to implement agreements reached by their leaders last year, including Seoul's push to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.
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Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi will visit South Korea in June for talks with his counterpart, Ahn Gyu-back. This reciprocal trip follows Ahn's January visit to Japan and marks Koizumi's first to the country since assuming his post last October.