TOKYO The United States will ensure "robust, ready and credible deterrence" across the Taiwan Strait, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, calling China "aggressive and coercive." Hegseth also stopped short of publicly calling on Tokyo to hike military spending, saying in Japan he trusted the close U.S. ally to "make the correct determination of what capabilities are needed." "America is committed to sustaining robust, ready and credible deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, including