Defense & Security
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National Cybersecurity Office Chief: Suspicious Communications that Can Be Cyberattacks Now Occur ‘Once Every 13 Seconds’
Yoichi Iida, the first head of the National Cybersecurity Office, told The Yomiuri Shimbun that s...
August 1, 2025
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Japan’s Foreign Ministry Looks to Improve Economic Diplomacy with Organizational Shakeup
The Foreign Ministry has announced that it will establish new divisions to back up its efforts re...
July 30, 2025
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Japan Releases Guidelines for Stronger Space Defense as It Looks to Protect Its Satellites from Adversaries
The Defense Ministry unveiled on Monday its first-ever guidelines for space defense, meant to lay...
July 30, 2025
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GSDF Begins Flight Drills of Osprey Transport Aircraft in Saga Pref.; Flights Over Sea Eyed to Reduce Impact of Noise
The Ground Self-Defense Force began flight drills of Osprey transport aircraft at Camp Saga in Sa...
July 29, 2025
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SDF to End Limits on Women’s Roles, Allowing Them to Work in Contaminated Areas
The last remaining limits on women’s duties in the Self-Defense Forces will soon be removed to en...
July 26, 2025
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Japan Still Concerned U.S. Could Leverage Security Treaty for More Defense Purchases
The government is concerned that the Japan-U.S. security arrangement might be used as leverage in...
July 25, 2025
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Chinese Navy Aircraft Conducted Exercises to Intercept U.S. Carrier
Two Chinese Navy aircraft carriers deployed to the Pacific Ocean around Japan and other areas in ...
July 18, 2025
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Applications from Universities Triple for Defense Research Subsidy Program; Concerns about Academic Involvement in Defense Had Weighed on Numbers
A research subsidy program offered by an agency of the Defense Ministry has received a record-hig...
July 13, 2025
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Japanese Govt to Estimate Cost of Underground Shelters for Missile Attacks, Other Emergencies
The central government will estimate the cost for an evacuation shelter modeled after one current...
July 11, 2025
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Chinese Military Jet Abnormally Approaches SDF Plane Again
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A Chinese military jet approached a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force reconnai...
July 11, 2025
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New Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Opens in Saga; Osprey Transport Aircraft Will Operate from Site
SAGA — A new Ground Self-Defense Force camp, Camp Saga, began operating on Wednesday on the north...
July 9, 2025
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Japanese, British, Italian Defense Ministers Discuss Fighter Jet Project; All Agree on Accelerating Development through Design and Management Entity Cooperation
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani on Monday held a trilateral videoconference with British Secretary ...
July 8, 2025
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Japan to Export Used Destroyers to Philippines, as Both Countries Look to Counter China on Seas
Tokyo and Manila have agreed that Japan will export some of its used destroyers to the Philippine...
July 7, 2025
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Rubio Unlikely to Visit Japan, S. Korea Soon
Tokyo, July 4 (Jiji Press)—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now unlikely to visit Japan and...
July 4, 2025
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Iwaya Tells Rubio Japan Will Use Own Judgment to Strengthen Defense Capabilities; No Spending Figure Discussed
WASHINGTON — Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya held talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio i...
July 3, 2025
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