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The US and Japan announced on Sunday plans to overhaul their military ties, including intentions to upgrade the US Forces Japan to a Joint Force Headquarters.

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The defense chiefs of the two nations also reportedly agreed to strengthen US-licensed missile production in Japan, as well as co-production of air-to-air missiles.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called it "the most significant change to US Forces Japan" ever to occur and called it "one of the strongest improvements" ever made in military ties with Tokyo.

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Tokyo-headquartered US Forces Japan currently has no commanding authority, as it falls under the Hawaii-based US Indo-Pacific Command. Over 50K US troops are based in Japan.

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Notably, in revitalizing their ties, the US and Japan have emphasized their opposition to China's attempts to "unilaterally change the status quo by force or coercion."

This announcement comes after US Pres. Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to upgrade their respective command-and-control framework "to strengthen deterrence" amid "pressing regional security challenges."

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