New U.S. Defense Chief Reaffirms Commitment To Japan To Defending Its Islands Against China

Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi speaks with new U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over the phone at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday. DEFENSE MINISTRY

Reuters: U.S. reaffirms commitment to Japan to defending islands disputed with China

TOKYO (Reuters) - New U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, during his first phone call with his Japanese counterpart, reaffirmed America’s commitment to Tokyo to defending a group of East China Sea islets claimed by both Japan and China, the Pentagon said.

Austin, in talks with Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, confirmed that Article 5 of the U.S.-Japan security treaty, which stipulates U.S. defence obligations to Japan, covers the uninhabited islands, the Pentagon said in a statement.

The islets are known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and Diaoyu in China.

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