Defense & Security
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Japan Pushes Back On China With Taiwan Strait Cruise; More Restrained Approach Seen Losing Effectiveness
The bold decision to send a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer through the Taiwan Strait for t...
September 26, 2024
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MSDF Destroyer Sails Through Taiwan Strait for 1st Time; Japan Aims to Counter Increasingly Assertive China
A Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer has sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time s...
September 26, 2024
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Flares Were Meant to Send Clear Warning to Russian Plane, Says Japan’s Defense Minister; Russia’s Aims Being Looked Into
The Defense Ministry has said that its use of flares, after a Russian patrol aircraft trespassed ...
September 24, 2024
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Japan Fires Flares to Warn Russian Plane Violating Airspace; 1st Use of Flares in Response to Airspace Violation
The Air Self-Defense Force launched flares on Monday to warn a Russian military patrol aircraft t...
September 24, 2024
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Japan Scrambles Fighter Aircraft After Russia Violates Airspace
Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japan’s air space three times over Rebun Island in nort...
September 23, 2024
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Japan, U.S., Australia, India to Cooperate in Maritime Security
Wilmington, Delaware (Jiji Press)—Leaders from the Quad countries of Japan, the United States, Au...
September 23, 2024
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Japan, ASEAN to Cooperate to Build Next-Generation Vehicles
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have adopted a joint stat...
September 23, 2024
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Quad Coast Guards to Carry Each Other’s Personnel in Indo-Pacific; Joint Initiative Planned for Training Third Countries
The coast guards of Japan, the United States, Australia and India plan next year to start carryin...
September 20, 2024
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Japanese Govt to Create Framework to Use Startups’ Advanced Technologies for Development of Defense Equipment
The Defense Ministry and the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry announced on Wednesday that the...
September 19, 2024
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Japan Govt. on Alert After Chinese Aircraft Carrier Enters Contiguous Zone; China May Aim to Capitalize on LDP Power Vacuum
The government is on high alert in the wake of the Liaoning, a Chinese Navy aircraft carrier, ent...
September 19, 2024
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Chinese Aircraft Carrier Liaoning Sails in Japan’s Contiguous Zone for 1st Time
The Liaoning, a Chinese Navy aircraft carrier, entered Japan’s contiguous zone on Wednesday when ...
September 18, 2024
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Japan Says Chinese Carrier Entered Its Contiguous Waters for First Time
TOKYO/TAIPEI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan's contiguous waters fo...
September 18, 2024
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LDP President Hopefuls Discuss Boosting Defense Strength; Offer Contrasting Views on Nuclear Deterrence, Countering China
As Japan faces an increasingly harsh security environment, one of the main points at issue in the...
September 14, 2024
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Japan, Australia Seek Economic Security for Pacific Island Nations; Hold Talks Between Defense, Foreign Ministers
QUEENSCLIFF, Australia ― The Japanese and Australian governments pledged to establish a framework...
September 5, 2024
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Chinese Navy Survey Ship Intrudes into Japanese Territorial Waters Off Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture
A Shupang-class survey ship of the Chinese Navy intruded into Japanese territorial waters southwe...
September 1, 2024
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