United States-Japan-Australia Trilateral Defense Ministers' Meeting (TDMM) 2023 Joint Statement

The Ministers are deeply concerned about North Korea’s nuclear and missile development. They strongly condemn North Korea's repeated launches of missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles

Department of Defense: "Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence the Hon. Richard Marles MP, Japanese Minister of Defense Hamada Yasukazu, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, convened a Trilateral Defense Ministerial Meeting in Singapore on June 3, 2023 during the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asi…