美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯周三在菲律宾宿务出席东盟防长扩大会议期间，与日本防卫大臣小泉进次郎合影，照片发布在赫格塞斯的官方 X 账号上。
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth poses for a photo with Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on the sidelines of an expanded ASEAN defense ministers' summit in Cebu, the Philippines, on Wednesday in this image posted to Hegseth's official X account.
日本防卫大臣小泉进次郎周三在菲律宾举行的东南亚国家联盟（东盟）防长峰会期间会见美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯，双方讨论了弹药生产及其“拒止威慑”战略。这是两位防务首长第六次面对面会谈，显示出两人关系密切。
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) defense chiefs’ summit Wednesday in the Philippines, with the two discussing munitions production and their “deterrence through denial” strategy. In a sign of the two defense chiefs’ close ties, the talks were their sixth in-person meeting.