Japan and the United States will hold security talks in Tokyo on Thursday to discuss logistic support to be offered by the Self-Defense Forces for the U.S.-led military operation in Afghanistan, a top Defense Agency official said Friday.
The dialogue will come on the heels of the Diet's expected passage on Monday of a bill to enable the SDF to provide such support, he said.
Senior officials from the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Agency and the U.S. State and Defense departments are to attend the bilateral security subcommittee meeting. They are expected to set up a framework for the two governments to coordinate the SDF's logistic support for U.S. operations, the official said.