21-F-0559_Minutes_Nakatani_and-Ashton_Carter.pdf

‘ (Provisional Translation) Minister of Defense 5-1 Jchigapahonmura-cho Ghinjuku~ku, Tokpo 162-8801, Japan April 13, 2015 The Honorable Ash Carter Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 The United States of America Dear Mr. Secretary, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the productive discussions we had at the Defense Ministerial Talk on April 8. We met for the first time in person, and while we exchanged our frank views on various challenges concernin...