Pentagon head, new Japan defense chief rap China on missile launches

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1. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/08/3f4712f1f761-update1-pentagon-head-new-japan-defense-chief-rap-china-on-missile-launches.html) reduced by 72%. (I’m a bot)
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   > U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and new Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Monday affirmed their commitment to strengthening the bilateral alliance and condemned China's firing of ballistic missiles that fell in waters near Japan during recent military exercises around Taiwan, the two governments said.

   > The phone call between the two defense chiefs took place after Hamada replaced Nobuo Kishi, who had held Japan's defense portfolio for about two years, in a Cabinet reshuffle last week.

   > Based on an agreement reached by the defense chiefs of the three countries in June, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Navy and South Korean navy participated in a missile warning and ballistic missile search and tracking exercise during a weeklong multinational drill from Aug. 8, according to the Pentagon.

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