シャングリラ対話での小泉防衛大臣の活躍が話題になっているようだ。
防衛省の発表
2026年5月29日 小泉防衛大臣によるトー・ラム共産党書記長兼国家主席への表敬について
2026年5月30日 日豪ニュージーランド防衛相会談（朝食会）について
2026年5月30日 日英防衛相会談について
2026年5月30日 日ニュージーランド防衛相会談について
2026年5月30日 ベトナム国家主席表敬、シャングリラ会合第１セッション参加、日豪ニュージーランド、日英、日ニュージーランド防衛相会談後の小泉防衛大臣臨時会見
2026年5月30日 日米防衛相会談について
2026年5月30日 日韓防衛相会談について
2026年5月30日 日米及び日韓防衛相会談後の小泉防衛大臣臨時会見
2026年5月31日 日シンガポール防衛相会談について（2026年6月1日発表）
2026年5月31日 日比防衛相会談について（共同プレスステートメント）
2026年5月31日 日星、日比防衛相会談及びシャングリラ会合スピーチ後の小泉防衛大臣臨時会見
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2026: Plenary Session 1
United States' Strategy for Peace in the Indo-Pacific
動画：IISSシャングリラ対話2026｜インド太平洋における米国の平和戦略
First Plenary Sessions - Q&A より抜粋
Koizumi Shinjirō, Minister of Defense, Japan
Thank you very much, Secretary Hegseth. Thank you for your remarks and very powerful speech, which was strong, not quiet, and clear. I appreciate I have been in close communication with you. I safely feel the unwavering commitment by the United States. But sometimes I feel some countries might underestimate the US commitment. Can you give us the message to assure the region? And also, when tensions occur between allies and like-minded states, even tensions are slight, there will be someone attempting to drive a wedge between us. I feel the US commitment is unwavering, which might be underestimated by some countries. But you are here with us today. That speaks a strong message.
Japan has recently revised its policy on the transfer of defence equipment and technology. I have been advancing defence-equipment cooperation with Australia, the Philippines and New Zealand, and Indonesia, too. We are making those efforts to establish resilient supply chain so that countries in the region can help each other in case of a crisis. I believe this initiative is aligned with the arsenal of freedom. Is my understanding correct? Thank you very much.
Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, US
Sure. Absolutely. Minister Koizumi, thank you for the question, for your friendship, for your engagement. I think our countries and our personal engagement is demonstrative of the commitment the United States has to allies and partners, and we appreciate the extent to which you and your government have stepped up.
There is two real ways when I look at how the world may view our commitment to this region. First is through our National Defense Strategy, and we very clearly listed four pillars. It was the homeland and the hemisphere, deterring China in the Indo-Pacific, burden sharing and then supercharging our defence-industrial base. Those were the four.
And too many people were focused on the fact that number one is homeland and hemisphere. For us, that was a reorientation toward a forgotten aspect of our defence strategy. We had a wide-open southwest border that allowed 20 million illegals to pour across our borders that the Department of War was focused on securing. We have got a cartel problem and foreign terrorist organisations where we cannot just defend at the border, but we need to defend in depth. So we have created the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, working with allies and partners in Central and South America to holistically get at the counter-cartel challenge. Key terrain like the Panama Canal, something we lost focus on, we are refocused on, and Venezuela has seen a complete change, which creates complications for our adversaries.
So staying focused and bringing renewed energy to Southern Command, which had been a sleepy backwater command, and now is a war-fighting command in our own home and hemisphere, was something we had to do institutionally. But if you look at our Defense Planning Guidance, or our National Defense Strategy, we are funding toward, exercising toward and planning toward the most difficult problem set, which is power projection into this region and working with our allies and partners. There is a refocus in what we do in our own neighbourhood, but in understanding that a $1.5 trillion investment from cislunar to subsea is what is required in order to deter the next conflict.
The second aspect is that people want to conflate that we have global obligations with turning of our backs to this region, and that is why I have made more trips here than anywhere else, and have met and will continue to meet with individual countries and in collective settings like this to demonstrate we are quietly, but very strongly, working by, with and through allies based on our mutual commitments to strengthen our capabilities out here.
We still have global obligations to ensure that, say, Iran does not get a nuclear weapon. We are focused on that. We can do two things at one time. We are supercharging our defence-industrial base so that we are building two times, three times, four times the munitions, very soon, to ensure that all of our operations plans (OPLANs) are properly funded throughout the world.
Because there has been a lot of talk previously in the US government about pivots that were never real, there is an instinct to want to look at this and say that it is not. It is the exact opposite. Underneath our entire approach is a substantive, serious approach to the Pacific while also ensuring we maintain our obligations around the world. Thank you for your question..
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2026: Plenary Session 5
Managing Regional Tensions Amid Global Competition
動画：IISSシャングリラ・ダイアローグ2026 | 世界的な競争下における地域的緊張の管理
The speech by Koizumi Shinjirō より抜粋
Distinguished guests, some of you may have heard the term ‘new militarism’, but nothing is further from the truth. Think about it. There is a country that has a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons and strategic bombers. Japan has neither of such weapons. And yet, Japan is labelled ‘new militarism’. Is it not strange?
Since the end of the Second World War, Japan has consistently respected international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, and has made sincere efforts to maintain and strengthen a free and open international order. Japan’s path as a peace-loving nation has been valued by the region and by the international community. This fact will not be shaken by false claims, because it is a fact.
And let me say this as well. Differences in perception and friction do arise between nations. What is needed at such time is not a repetition of unfounded claims in the other side’s absence. What is needed is direct and candid dialogue. And in fact, Japan’s door to dialogue is always open.
Secondly, Japan will further strengthen cooperation with all of you. Strengthening the deterrence and response capabilities of the Japan–United States alliance; sophisticating training through the use of the Reciprocal Access Agreement with Australia, the Philippines and the United Kingdom; multidomain awareness and cutting-edge technology cooperation in the Quad framework; defence cooperation with ASEAN countries; greater resilience of industrial base, including through the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience (PIPIR) and AUKUS: we will link all these efforts to turn points into lines, and from lines into planes.
Thirdly, Japan is determined to play a new role in defence-equipment cooperation across the region. This April, Japan fundamentally revised its domestic framework concerning the transfer of defence equipment and technology. The Official Security Assistance (OSA), launched in 2023, is also steadily producing results. The aim of these initiatives is to tangibly strengthen deterrence and response capabilities of the region. Both initiatives have been highly valued by countries across the region. What matters now is to ensure the seamless provision of necessary equipment and capabilities to the region as a whole.
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2026: Plenary Session 6
Evolving Security Partnerships in a Fragmented World
動画：IISSシャングリラ会合2026｜分断される世界における安全保障パートナーシップの進化
The speech by Gilberto Teodoro Jr, Secretary of National Defense, Philippines より抜粋
In the information domain, unfortunately, we are witnessing the improper use of history, including the unfair vilification of Japan, to obscure one’s own misbehaviour at present. Japan certainly is a model citizen of the world, and I think there is unanimity among almost all of us. Our convergence is therefore necessary, first as defence specialists, to resist malign activities, and preserve the political, economic and social fabric of our individual societies. In the face of these challenges, diplomacy is extremely important, but it cannot, on its own, keep pace with the rapid changes in the world order, which certainly allows some actors to exploit. Hence, it falls upon us, defence and military practitioners, not only to safeguard our own country’s sovereignties and territorial integrities but also to protect our people from the fallout of transitions in the world.
以上
2026年5月29日 小泉防衛大臣によるトー・ラム共産党書記長兼国家主席への表敬について
2026年5月30日 日豪ニュージーランド防衛相会談（朝食会）について
2026年5月30日 日英防衛相会談について
2026年5月30日 日ニュージーランド防衛相会談について
2026年5月30日 ベトナム国家主席表敬、シャングリラ会合第１セッション参加、日豪ニュージーランド、日英、日ニュージーランド防衛相会談後の小泉防衛大臣臨時会見
2026年5月30日 日米防衛相会談について
2026年5月30日 日韓防衛相会談について
2026年5月30日 日米及び日韓防衛相会談後の小泉防衛大臣臨時会見
2026年5月31日 日シンガポール防衛相会談について（2026年6月1日発表）
2026年5月31日 日比防衛相会談について（共同プレスステートメント）
2026年5月31日 日星、日比防衛相会談及びシャングリラ会合スピーチ後の小泉防衛大臣臨時会見
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2026: Plenary Session 1
United States' Strategy for Peace in the Indo-Pacific
動画：IISSシャングリラ対話2026｜インド太平洋における米国の平和戦略
First Plenary Sessions - Q&A より抜粋
Koizumi Shinjirō, Minister of Defense, Japan
Thank you very much, Secretary Hegseth. Thank you for your remarks and very powerful speech, which was strong, not quiet, and clear. I appreciate I have been in close communication with you. I safely feel the unwavering commitment by the United States. But sometimes I feel some countries might underestimate the US commitment. Can you give us the message to assure the region? And also, when tensions occur between allies and like-minded states, even tensions are slight, there will be someone attempting to drive a wedge between us. I feel the US commitment is unwavering, which might be underestimated by some countries. But you are here with us today. That speaks a strong message.
Japan has recently revised its policy on the transfer of defence equipment and technology. I have been advancing defence-equipment cooperation with Australia, the Philippines and New Zealand, and Indonesia, too. We are making those efforts to establish resilient supply chain so that countries in the region can help each other in case of a crisis. I believe this initiative is aligned with the arsenal of freedom. Is my understanding correct? Thank you very much.
Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, US
Sure. Absolutely. Minister Koizumi, thank you for the question, for your friendship, for your engagement. I think our countries and our personal engagement is demonstrative of the commitment the United States has to allies and partners, and we appreciate the extent to which you and your government have stepped up.
There is two real ways when I look at how the world may view our commitment to this region. First is through our National Defense Strategy, and we very clearly listed four pillars. It was the homeland and the hemisphere, deterring China in the Indo-Pacific, burden sharing and then supercharging our defence-industrial base. Those were the four.
And too many people were focused on the fact that number one is homeland and hemisphere. For us, that was a reorientation toward a forgotten aspect of our defence strategy. We had a wide-open southwest border that allowed 20 million illegals to pour across our borders that the Department of War was focused on securing. We have got a cartel problem and foreign terrorist organisations where we cannot just defend at the border, but we need to defend in depth. So we have created the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, working with allies and partners in Central and South America to holistically get at the counter-cartel challenge. Key terrain like the Panama Canal, something we lost focus on, we are refocused on, and Venezuela has seen a complete change, which creates complications for our adversaries.
So staying focused and bringing renewed energy to Southern Command, which had been a sleepy backwater command, and now is a war-fighting command in our own home and hemisphere, was something we had to do institutionally. But if you look at our Defense Planning Guidance, or our National Defense Strategy, we are funding toward, exercising toward and planning toward the most difficult problem set, which is power projection into this region and working with our allies and partners. There is a refocus in what we do in our own neighbourhood, but in understanding that a $1.5 trillion investment from cislunar to subsea is what is required in order to deter the next conflict.
The second aspect is that people want to conflate that we have global obligations with turning of our backs to this region, and that is why I have made more trips here than anywhere else, and have met and will continue to meet with individual countries and in collective settings like this to demonstrate we are quietly, but very strongly, working by, with and through allies based on our mutual commitments to strengthen our capabilities out here.
We still have global obligations to ensure that, say, Iran does not get a nuclear weapon. We are focused on that. We can do two things at one time. We are supercharging our defence-industrial base so that we are building two times, three times, four times the munitions, very soon, to ensure that all of our operations plans (OPLANs) are properly funded throughout the world.
Because there has been a lot of talk previously in the US government about pivots that were never real, there is an instinct to want to look at this and say that it is not. It is the exact opposite. Underneath our entire approach is a substantive, serious approach to the Pacific while also ensuring we maintain our obligations around the world. Thank you for your question..
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2026: Plenary Session 5
Managing Regional Tensions Amid Global Competition
動画：IISSシャングリラ・ダイアローグ2026 | 世界的な競争下における地域的緊張の管理
The speech by Koizumi Shinjirō より抜粋
Distinguished guests, some of you may have heard the term ‘new militarism’, but nothing is further from the truth. Think about it. There is a country that has a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons and strategic bombers. Japan has neither of such weapons. And yet, Japan is labelled ‘new militarism’. Is it not strange?
Since the end of the Second World War, Japan has consistently respected international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, and has made sincere efforts to maintain and strengthen a free and open international order. Japan’s path as a peace-loving nation has been valued by the region and by the international community. This fact will not be shaken by false claims, because it is a fact.
And let me say this as well. Differences in perception and friction do arise between nations. What is needed at such time is not a repetition of unfounded claims in the other side’s absence. What is needed is direct and candid dialogue. And in fact, Japan’s door to dialogue is always open.
Secondly, Japan will further strengthen cooperation with all of you. Strengthening the deterrence and response capabilities of the Japan–United States alliance; sophisticating training through the use of the Reciprocal Access Agreement with Australia, the Philippines and the United Kingdom; multidomain awareness and cutting-edge technology cooperation in the Quad framework; defence cooperation with ASEAN countries; greater resilience of industrial base, including through the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience (PIPIR) and AUKUS: we will link all these efforts to turn points into lines, and from lines into planes.
Thirdly, Japan is determined to play a new role in defence-equipment cooperation across the region. This April, Japan fundamentally revised its domestic framework concerning the transfer of defence equipment and technology. The Official Security Assistance (OSA), launched in 2023, is also steadily producing results. The aim of these initiatives is to tangibly strengthen deterrence and response capabilities of the region. Both initiatives have been highly valued by countries across the region. What matters now is to ensure the seamless provision of necessary equipment and capabilities to the region as a whole.
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2026: Plenary Session 6
Evolving Security Partnerships in a Fragmented World
動画：IISSシャングリラ会合2026｜分断される世界における安全保障パートナーシップの進化
The speech by Gilberto Teodoro Jr, Secretary of National Defense, Philippines より抜粋
In the information domain, unfortunately, we are witnessing the improper use of history, including the unfair vilification of Japan, to obscure one’s own misbehaviour at present. Japan certainly is a model citizen of the world, and I think there is unanimity among almost all of us. Our convergence is therefore necessary, first as defence specialists, to resist malign activities, and preserve the political, economic and social fabric of our individual societies. In the face of these challenges, diplomacy is extremely important, but it cannot, on its own, keep pace with the rapid changes in the world order, which certainly allows some actors to exploit. Hence, it falls upon us, defence and military practitioners, not only to safeguard our own country’s sovereignties and territorial integrities but also to protect our people from the fallout of transitions in the world.
以上
