US Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, Australian Minister of Defense, David Johnston, and Japanese Minister of Defense Isunori Onodera held a trilateral discussion regarding mutual security interests during the 2014 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. In the keynote address to the Dialogue, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Japan’s new security role in Asia and reiterated the importance of Japan’s relationships with Australia and the US.