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Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa, second left, visits the South Korean Navy's 2nd Fleet headquarters to inspect the wreckage of South Korean warship Cheonan, which was sunk near the maritime border with North Korea in March last year, in Pyeongtaek, southwest of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. South Korean and Japanese defense chiefs discussed accords to share intelligence and provide each other with fuel, food and other materials, officials said Monday in what would be the nations' first military agreement since Tokyo's brutal colonial rule of the Korean peninsula ended in 1945. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA