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Adm. Samuel Paparo, left, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command commander, shakes hands with Gen Nakatani, Minister of Defense of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7, 2024. Paparo visited the Ministry of Defense of Japan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to reinforce the steadfast US-Japan alliance and commitment to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region. USINDOPACOM will remain an engaged and trusted partner devoted to preserving the security, stability, and freedom upon which enduring prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region depends. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote)

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A meeting room where Adm. Samuel Praparo, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command commander, and Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of staff of the joint staff of the SDF, is displayed in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7, 2024. Paparo visited the Ministry of Defense of Japan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to reinforce the steadfast US-Japan alliance and commitment to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote)

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Adm. Samuel Paparo, left, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command commander, shakes hands with Takeshi Iwaya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, during a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7, 2024. Paparo visited the Ministry of Defense of Japan to reinforce the steadfast US-Japan alliance and commitment to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region. USINDOPACOM is devoted to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression, and, when necessary, fighting to win. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote)

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Adm. Samuel Paparo, left, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command commander, shakes hands with Japan Self-Defence Force Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of staff of the joint staff of the SDF, during a meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7, 2024. Paparo visited the Ministry of Defense of Japan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to reinforce the steadfast US-Japan alliance and commitment to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region. USINDOPACOM will remain an engaged and trusted partner devoted to preserving the security, stability, and freedom upon which enduring prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region depends.. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote)

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Adm Paparo visits Japan; reinforces US-Japan alliance

Published Oct. 16, 2024
By Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote
374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Adm. Samuel Paparo, left, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command commander, shakes hands with Gen Nakatani, Minister of Defense of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7, 2024. Paparo visited the Ministry of Defense of Japan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to reinforce the steadfast US-Japan alliance and commitment to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region. USINDOPACOM will remain an engaged and trusted partner devoted to preserving the security, stability, and freedom upon which enduring prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region depends. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote)

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