The U.S. and Japanese Coast Guards are set to work more closely together in the Indo-Pacific under a recent expansion of cooperative agreements and the creation of a new joint operation. At a mid-May ceremony in Tokyo, USCG Pacific Area Commander Vice Adm. Michael McAllister, and Vice Adm. Yoshio Seguchi, the Japan Coast Guard vice commandant for operations, were present for the document signing. “We rely on our partners, allies, and like-minded nations to achieve our shared missions,” McAllister said. “I am looking forward to many more decades of partnership and collaborative operations in the Indo-Pacific.” While a memorandum of…