Japan, U.S. form working group for joint missile production

TOKYO -- Japan and the U.S. concluded a series of meetings aimed at promoting defense industry cooperation in Tokyo on Tuesday in which they agreed to set up working groups on joint missile production, ship and aircraft repair, and supply chain resiliency.

"It is clear that the U.S. military-industrial base cannot meet all the security challenges," U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel told reporters on Monday. "Japan's engineering, industrial and manufacturing capacity is a major, significant development" for the U.S. defense industry, he said.