TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's defence secretary reaffirmed America's commitment to its mutual defence treaty with Japan during a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday in Tokyo.
"Due to some of the provocations out of North Korea and other challenges that we jointly face, I want to make certain that Article 5 of our mutual defence treaty is understood to be as real to us today as it was a year ago, five years ago, and as it will be a year, and 10 years, from now," Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said.