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  1. Japan's Koizumi and US Defense Secretary Hegseth agree in Cebu on munitions co-production; Koizumi also meets South Korean counterpart

    Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, Oct 28, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus in Cebu, the Philippines, their sixth face-to-face meeting. The US side said they confirmed close cooperation on munitions co-production and discussed a strategy of 'deterrence by denial'. With Japan revising its three security documents this year, Koizumi reportedly briefed the US on steps to strengthen defence including higher spending, and asked for measures to prevent a recurrence after a US Marine at Futenma base in Okinawa was arrested over a robbery-murder. In the afternoon Koizumi also met South Korea's defence minister, the first face-to-face meeting between the two since Koizumi visited Yasukuni Shrine on Aug 15.

    Oct 28, 2026 Afternoon
  2. Follow-up: Pentagon designates China-funded Confucius Institutes a national security threat; Hegseth says 80 'propaganda units' at 30 US universities removed

    After saying this week that 30 US universities had cut research ties with China-linked institutions, the US Defense Department designated China-funded Confucius Institutes and related campus cultural centres a national security threat. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a video that the Pentagon had found 80 'propaganda units' at 30 US universities and that all had been removed over the past two months. Congress had earlier passed a law restricting Pentagon funding for universities hosting Confucius Institutes, and the Chinese embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment.

    Oct 24, 2026 Afternoon
  3. US Defense Secretary Hegseth holds unannounced meeting with Netanyahu; Vance declines endorsement

    Axios, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday and met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel's parliamentary election; the Pentagon and Israel's embassy in Washington declined to comment, and Reuters could not immediately verify. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday that Netanyahu was a 'great warrior prime minister' and gave his 'complete and total endorsement'; Vice President JD Vance said the same day he endorses only American candidates and is 'not anti-endorsing' and 'not pro-endorsing' Netanyahu. Polls suggest Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition may lose its governing majority.

    Oct 20, 2026 Afternoon