Leon Panetta

Japan decries alleged rape by U.S. troops on Okinawa
Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
October 17, 2012
Japan's defense minister said on Oct. 17 he was deeply concerned by the alleged rape of a woman on the island of Okinawa by two U.S. military servicemen and suggested the U.S....
INSIGHT: Panetta's Asia visit shows balancing role...
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, shakes hands with China's Vice President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 19. (AP photo/ Pool)
September 23, 2012
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT--Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's week-long visit to the Asia-Pacific region helped deepen the U.S. military's strategic shift to the area, even ...
Panetta tells China that Senkakus under Japan-U.S....
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, stands at attention during the national anthem next to China's Defense Minister Liang Guanglie in Beijing on Sept. 18. (AP photo)
September 21, 2012
The United States has warned China that the Senkaku Islands were covered by the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, although it continues to maintain its stance that it would not take...
China suggests economic sanctions over Senkakus
Two rows of barricades are set up in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 19. (Keiko Yoshioka)
September 20, 2012
BEIJING--China is condoning boycotts and suggesting export restrictions against Japan as Beijing’s psychological warfare in the dispute over the Senkaku Islands shifts toward ...
Chinese authorities struggle to keep lid on...
Chinese police stand in front of the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, Liaoning province, damaged and defaced by bricks, paint and plastic bottles on Sept. 18. (Koichiro Ishida)
September 19, 2012
Raging anti-Japan rallies appeared to spread to more than 100 cities across China on Sept. 18 even as authorities tried to tamp down the flare-up, amid signs the protests may...
China's Xi meets Panetta, wants better military...
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, shakes hands with China's Vice President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 19. (AP photo/ Pool)
September 19, 2012
BEIJING--China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping held on Sept. 19 his first talks with a foreign official since vanishing from the public eye nearly two weeks ago, telling U.S....
Panetta urges China to increase military contacts...
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, stands at attention during the national anthem next to Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie at the Bayi Building in Beijing on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Pool)
September 18, 2012
BEIJING--U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta urged China on Sept. 18 to allow closer military contacts to reduce the risk of confrontation, as the two powers grapple with a...
Panetta wants peaceful resolution of Asia disputes
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, right, and Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto attend a joint news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17. (Jun Kaneko)
September 17, 2012
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is urging countries involved in territorial disputes in the Asia-Pacific region to find a way to peacefully resolve those problems before...
EDITORIAL: Futenma a lingering sore that won't go...
August 06, 2012
In his recent meeting with Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was unequivocal about Washington’s determination to deploy the Marine Corps...
UPDATE: Japanese minister tries out Osprey plane at ...
Japan Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto views the MV-22B Osprey tilt rotor aircraft on Aug. 3 at Marine Corps Air Facility at Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Va. (AP Photo)
August 04, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Japan's defense minister flew from the Pentagon grounds on Aug. 3 in a revolutionary hybrid aircraft at the heart of a controversy that threatens to strain strong ...
Pentagon to send second trouble-prone aircraft to...
In a July 15, 2011 photo, a ground crew winds up the engines of an F-22 Raptor as it rests on the tarmac at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia in July, 2011. (AP photo)
July 25, 2012
WASHINGTON--Defense Secretary Leon Panetta approved plans to send a squadron of Lockheed Martin Corp. F-22 fighter jets to Japan, a step toward lifting flight restrictions on...
ANALYSIS: Firepower bristles in South China Sea as...
A Chinese navy warship is seen near architectural structures built by China in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Nov. 26, 2005. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
June 11, 2012
HONG KONG -- In the early years of China's rise to economic and military prowess, the guiding principle for its government was Deng Xiaoping's maxim: "Hide Your Strength, Bide...
Panetta: U.S. losing patience with Pakistan
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center right, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, second right, and the head of NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, center left, upon his arrival at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on June 7. (AP Photo/ Pool)
June 07, 2012
KABUL-- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on June 7 the United States was reaching the limits of its patience with Pakistan because of the safe havens the country...
China state papers warn U.S. strategy risks rifts
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and China's Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie, right, speak during a news conference at the Pentagon, on May 7, in Washington. (AP Photo)
June 05, 2012
BEIJING -- China's top newspapers warned on June 5 that the United States' plans to bolster its naval presence in the Asia-Pacific region threaten to widen rifts between the...
Panetta: Access to Pacific harbors key to U.S....
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta speaks to the crew aboard the cargo ship in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, on June 3. Panetta visited the former U.S. air and naval base in the bay, becoming the most senior American official to go there since the war ended. (AP Photo)
June 03, 2012
CAM RANH BAY, Vietnam--U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta visited a deep-water Vietnamese port near the contested South China Sea on June 3, calling access to such harbors...
Panetta to explain U.S. strategic shift to Asian...
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
May 30, 2012
WASHINGTON--Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will brief allies on the U.S. strategic shift toward Asia and will seek to allay concerns that fiscal uncertainty could undermine...
U.S. Senators: Japan base plan needs Congress...
April 25, 2012
WASHINGTON--The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee voiced concern on April 24 over an imminent U.S.-Japan agreement on reorganizing U.S. forces...
US defense chief heads to Asia as budget cuts loom
October 22, 2011
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta left on Friday for his first trip to Asia as Pentagon chief, aiming to reassure allies that the U.S. military...
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