日本和美国同意增加防务投资并保持协调，以加强对中国日益增长的军事活动的威慑。
Japan and the US agreed to boost defence investment and stay aligned to strengthen deterrence against China’s growing military activity.
美国国防部表示，双方将致力于在第一岛链（涵盖日本、台湾和菲律宾）实施“有效的拒止防御”。
They will work on an “effective denial defence in the First Island Chain”, covering Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines, the US Defence Department said.
小泉还向赫格塞斯通报了日本的安全战略审查，双方还将在冲绳一名美国海军陆战队员被捕后继续对话。
Koizumi also briefed Hegseth on Japan’s security strategy review, while both sides will keep talking after a US Marine was arrested in Okinawa.
AI生成 东京——日本防卫大臣小泉进次郎与美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯10月28日在菲律宾一致认为，在中国军事活动日益增多的背景下，增加防务投资和持续战略协调对加强日美安全同盟的威慑力至关重要。
AI generated TOKYO – Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his US counterpart Pete Hegseth agreed on Oct 28 in the Philippines the importance of increased defence investment and continued strategic alignment to strengthen the deterrence of the bilateral security alliance amid rising military activities by China.
据美国国防部称，两国防长同意努力“在第一岛链实施有效的拒止防御”，该岛链位于中国海岸以东，涵盖日本、台湾和菲律宾。
The ministers agreed on efforts to “implement an effective denial defence in the First Island Chain”, an area east of China’s coast that includes Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines, according to the US Defence Department.
正在宿务出席东盟相关防务会议的小泉向赫格塞斯通报了日本正在开展的、定于年底前完成的安全战略及相关文件更新工作。
Koizumi, who is visiting Cebu to attend ASEAN-related defence gatherings, briefed Hegseth on ongoing work to update Japan’s security strategy and related documents by the end of the year.
两国防长还证实，在10月早些时候一名美国海军陆战队员因涉嫌在冲绳县抢劫并杀害一名女性被捕后，双方将继续就预防措施进行磋商。
The two defence chiefs also confirmed that talks will continue on preventive measures following the arrest of a US Marine earlier in October on suspicion of robbing and murdering a woman in Okinawa Prefecture.
小泉10月28日的行程还包括在东盟国防部长会议期间举行的其他双边和多边会议。
Also on Koizumi’s itinerary on Oct 28 are other bilateral and multinational gatherings on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting.
他将出席定于10月29日举行的东盟国防部长扩大会议。预计东盟11个成员国及其8个对话伙伴国的代表将与会，其中包括澳大利亚、中国、印度、新西兰、韩国和俄罗斯。共同社
He will attend the meeting’s expanded version slated for Oct 29, which is expected to bring together representatives of the 11 members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations and its eight dialogue partners, also including Australia, China, India, New Zealand, South Korea and Russia. KYODO NEWS