日本与印度尼西亚已同意就出口“朝雾”级驱逐舰启动工作层级磋商。该协议是在两国国防部长于东京举行会晤期间达成的。
日本防卫大臣小泉进次郎与印度尼西亚国防部长沙弗里·沙姆苏丁于周五达成该项协议。双方将利用上个月建立的工作层级框架，涵盖培训和维护等议题。此次磋商是在日本于四月修订其防卫装备转移规则之后进行的。这一修订允许向已与东京签署安全协议的伙伴国家出口驱逐舰等武器。“朝雾”级舰艇于1988年投入服役，具备反潜作战能力。其中一艘舰艇已于三月退役。印度尼西亚此前已与日本签署了必要的机密信息保护协议。
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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.