The United States and Japan will sign a new research and development agreement to make it easier to collaborate on countering new defense threats, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.

The agreement includes hypersonics and space-based capabilities.

Blinken also told the opening of a virtual meeting between the foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States that they would sign a new five-year agreement covering the continued basing of US troops in Japan that would invest greater resources to deepen military readiness and interoperability.

Source: VOV5