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 "title": "Pistorius Proposes Germany–Japan Reciprocal Access Agreement at Yokosuka — First Outside NATO Structures",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/pistorius-germany-japan-reciprocal-access-agreement-yokosuka-first-outside-nato/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/pistorius-germany-japan-reciprocal-access-agreement-yokosuka-first-outside-nato/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-03-22T14:05:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:52.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYokosuka, 22 March 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visited Yokosuka on 22 March to meet Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and formally proposed a Germany–Japan Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) — the first such arrangement Berlin has proposed outside NATO structures\n * RAA would simplify the legal and administrative basis for sending military personnel between Germany and Japan for training, exercises and possible operations — removing bureauc",
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  "dez-german-defense-zeitenwende"
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  "germany",
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