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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addresses military personnel from Japan, the United States and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addresses military personnel from Japan, the United States and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, addresses military personnel from Japan, the United States, and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, addresses military personnel from Japan, the United States, and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, leaves after addressing military personnel from Japan, the United States, and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, leaves after addressing military personnel from Japan, the United States, and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, center left, is greeted as he arrives at Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, center left, is greeted as he arrives at Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024.(Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024.(Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

FILE - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint news conference with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

FILE - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint news conference with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

FILE - Two Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22B Ospreys fly low and fast in formation on a training range named the Hornet at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Tara Copp, File)

FILE - Two Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22B Ospreys fly low and fast in formation on a training range named the Hornet at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Tara Copp, File)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the start of their bilateral meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.(Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the start of their bilateral meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.(Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, addresses military personnel from Japan, the United States and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, addresses military personnel from Japan, the United States and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, addresses military personnel from Japan, the United States and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, addresses military personnel from Japan, the United States and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the start of their bilateral meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024.(Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the start of their bilateral meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024.(Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the start of their bilateral meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024.(Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the start of their bilateral meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024.(Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives at Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives at Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, front center, poses for a group photograph after addressing military personnel from Japan, the United States, and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, front center, poses for a group photograph after addressing military personnel from Japan, the United States, and Australia during a visit to Camp Asaka, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base, on the outskirts of Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)

FILE - U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin makes a speech at Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

FILE - U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin makes a speech at Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024.(Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024.(Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)