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US Defense Secretary Austin holds trilateral meeting with Japanese, South Korean counterparts, first in 15 years
By Philip Wang and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Defense chiefs from the United States, South Korea and Japan vowed to strengthen cooperation to deter “nuclear and missile threats” from North Korea during a meeting in Tokyo Sunday, the first of its kind in …