Overview
- Both sides agreed to strengthen maritime security through expanded personnel exchanges and more joint training.
- Cooperation will deepen via Japan’s security and development assistance, building on patrol vessels already provided and planning further support through OSA.
- Officials will launch a vice-ministerial Defense Strategy Dialogue focused on defense equipment and technology cooperation.
- Defense authorities will begin talks on protecting military information, as the ministers also affirmed UNCLOS and voiced concern over unilateral changes to the status quo.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi received Indonesia’s ministers and backed closer ties for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific, as regional partners at ADMM-Plus advance complementary defense engagement including South Korea’s two-track approach.