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Secretary Hegseth and Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani Brief the Media in Tokyo, Mar. 29, 2025
March 29, 2025 · Department of War · 0:39:05
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What happened
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani briefed the media at the Ministry of Defense building in Tokyo on March 29, 2025, published by the Department of War (uploaded March 30, 2025). This full feed is the embed of record; a shorter department upload of the same briefing is recorded as an alternate source.
Why it matters
The Tokyo briefing is the alliance record of Hegseth’s first Japan visit as Secretary, on the same Indo-Pacific trip as the Iwo Jima and Manila stops paged separately.
Sources: U.S. Department of War, “LIVE: SecDef Pete Hegseth and Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani Brief the Media in Tokyo” uploaded March 30, 2025 (official upload, embedded above). No transcript is published with the upload; this page records the event as the department published it.
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