Defense & Security
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2027 Sendai to Host U.N.-Led Disaster Risk Reduction Conference; Government Hopes to Use Opportunity to Develop Sendai Framework Successor
The Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, organized by the United Natio...
April 19, 2025
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‘Sympathy Budget’ to Be Focus in Tariff Negotiations; U.S. President Trump Calls Over ¥200 Billion Annual Japanese Support for American Troops Insufficient
The so-called sympathy budget, the money paid by Japan to defray the costs of stationing U.S. for...
April 19, 2025
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Security-related Spending for Fiscal 2025 Set for 1.8％ of GDP; About ¥9.9 Tril. in Funding Designated for this Goal
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Japan’s security-related budget for fiscal 2025 is about ¥9.9 ...
April 16, 2025
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Russian Pacific Fleet Conducts Combat Drill in Gulf of Sea of Japan
The Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet conducted a combat drill off the coast of Vladivostok in the Ru...
April 15, 2025
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Govt Survey Finds Contingency Shelter Equipment, Food Stocks in Japan Inadequate; Plans for Improvements by March 2026
Many facilities slated for use as contingency shelters lack sufficient equipment and food stocks,...
April 13, 2025
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G7 Foreign Chiefs Voice Concern over Chinese Drills near Taiwan
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major democracies released a ...
April 7, 2025
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China Intensifies Strategy to Block U.S. Intervention in Case of Conflict in Taiwan or South China Sea
China’s increased deployment of drones in the airspace around the Nansei Islands that span Kyushu...
April 4, 2025
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China Drone Flights Near Japan up 7 Times From Fiscal 2021; Is China Preparing for Possible Taiwan Invasion?
The Defense Ministry detected 30 Chinese drones flying in airspace near the Nansei Islands in sou...
April 3, 2025
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China Conducts 2nd Day of Exercises Around Taiwan; Naming Suggests More Drills to Come Later This Year
BEIJING — The Chinese military on Wednesday conducted a second consecutive day of large-scale mil...
April 2, 2025
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74% of Americans Believe Japan-U.S. Security Treaty Should Be Maintained, Says Survey by Foreign Ministry
Seventy-four percent of Americans think the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty should be maintained, acco...
April 1, 2025
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Japan, U.S. Defense Ministers Agree to Boost Coordination Through Upgrading of U.S. Forces Japan
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth agreed on Sunday at their f...
March 31, 2025
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Nakatani, Hegseth Agree to Strengthen Deterrence, Response; Confirm U.S. Forces Japan Starting Transition to Joint HQ
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth agreed to strengthen the Ja...
March 30, 2025
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5 Kosen Colleges to Use New Training Ships to Provide Aid During Disasters; Designed to Carry Up to 50 Evacuees per Vessel
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry is providing new navigation train...
March 30, 2025
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Japan PM Attends Joint U.S.-Japan Memorial Ceremony on Iwoto; Ishiba Emphasizes Commitment to Peace, U.S.-Japan Alliance
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba visited Iwoto, also known as Iwojima, in Ogasawara, Tokyo, on Satur...
March 29, 2025
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Japan Must Confirm Defense Emergency Before Funding Evacuations, But Doing So Could Be Highly Political
The government’s timing in confirming a “situation where armed attacks are anticipated” around Ja...
March 29, 2025
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