Politics
Defense & Security
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Japan’s Kishida mulls attending NPT review conference
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida might deliver a speech at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Re...
December 25, 2021
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Defense info possibly leaked in cyberattack on Mitsubishi Electric
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Some 20,000 pieces of information related to Japan’s defense may have been leak...
December 25, 2021
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MSDF, JCG hold joint drill simulating Chinese intrusion near Senkakus
The Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Japan Coast Guard have conducted a joint exercise to simulat...
December 24, 2021
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Bush demanded Japan send ‘forces’ for 1990 Gulf crisis, declassified documents confirm
In the wake of the Persian Gulf crisis that began in August 1990, then U.S. President George Bush in...
December 22, 2021
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Japan, U.S. agree on ¥1.06 trillion for hosting U.S. forces over 5 years
Japan has agreed with the United States that it will provide ¥1.0551 trillion from fiscal 2022 to fi...
December 22, 2021
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Japan to allocate ¥20 billion each year for training equipment as part of ‘sympathy budget’ for U.S. troops
The Japanese and U.S. governments have officially agreed that up to ¥20 billion will be allocated to...
December 21, 2021
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Japan expanding cooperation with Britain on development of new ASDF fighter jet
Final arrangements are being made for Britain to join in the development of airframe parts for a suc...
December 19, 2021
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Japan looks to revise Self-Defense Forces Law to allow emergency transport exclusively of foreign nationals
Allowing the Self-Defense Forces to transport foreign nationals exclusively in the event of an emerg...
December 16, 2021
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3 years after start of Henoko reclamation work, 30% of coastal area converted into land
Three years have passed since the Defense Ministry started landfill work in the coastal area of the ...
December 14, 2021
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New section eyed to inspect immigration officials
The Immigration Services Agency will establish a new section in April to inspect and instruct agency...
December 11, 2021
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Japan, U.S. broadly agree on over ¥1 tril. sympathy budget for FY22-26 period
The Japanese and U.S. governments have agreed in principle that Japan will spend more than ¥1 trilli...
December 8, 2021
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Extra budget bill includes ¥774 billion for defense spending
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The fiscal 2021 supplementary budget bill the government adopted Friday include...
November 27, 2021
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Okinawa gov. nixes design changes related to U.S. base relocation
NAHA — Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki announced on Thursday that he disapproved the Defense Ministry’s re...
November 26, 2021
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Higher ‘sympathy budget’ eyed from next fiscal year
The Japanese and U.S. governments are considering increasing the so-called sympathy budget — Japan’s...
November 25, 2021
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Why Japan wants to possess 1st post-WWII aircraft carriers
The Maritime Self-Defense Force has been modifying two of its Izumo-class destroyers, the Izumo and ...
November 25, 2021
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