WASHINGTON -- Defense officials from Japan and the United States will meet in Tokyo early next month to discuss weapon development, Nikkei Asia has learned, following the two countries' commitment to deepen defense industry cooperation.
William LaPlante, the U.S. undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, will meet with Masaki Fukasawa, the commissioner of Japan's Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) for the inaugural meeting of the Forum on Defense Industrial Cooperation, Acquisition and Sustainment (DICAS), according to people with knowledge of the matter.
