TOKYO (Sputnik) – The US-Japanese relations are currently better than ever, Carter pointed out, adding that the US interests in the region are enduring.
"The Japan-US alliance will not waver and I want to reinforce and deepen it also under the new administration… To strengthen the alliance, I think we should hold talks not from the viewpoint of money, but of raising the capabilities," Inada was quoted as saying by the Kyodo news agency.
Carter and Inada agreed to continue talks on depriving US soldiers deployed in Japan of immunity from criminal liability for the crimes committed in Japan.
The parties also discussed the return of a half of a US military training area in Okinawa Prefecture to Japan.
Inada and Carter also confirmed that the Senkaku Islands disputed by China fell within the scope of US-Japanese security treaty.
