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Koizumi, Hegseth Hit Gym to Show Japan-U.S. Alliance's Strength

U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth and his Japanese counterpart

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The Japan News

15:10 JST, January 16, 2026

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth “showed the actual physical strength” of the Japan-U.S. alliance as they worked out together with U.S. Army soldiers in Virginia on Thursday morning.

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