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  • Japan Wants China Buoy Removed From EEZ Near Senkaku Islands; Deployment Said to Violate U.N. Convention on Law of the Sea

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    September 19, 2023

  • Exclusive: China Installs Survey Buoy in Japan’s EEZ near Senkaku Islands (Update 1)

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    September 18, 2023

  • 2 Old GSDF High Mobility Vehicles Brought Back to Japan Cause Concern

    Two retired Ground Self-Defense Force high mobility vehicles have been found in Japan after they wer...

    September 17, 2023

  • Old Ground Self-Defense Force High Mobility Vehicles Turn up in Thailand

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    September 16, 2023

  • U.S. Space Force Plans to Establish Command Post in Japan

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    September 15, 2023

  • Putin Likely Asks Kim for Ammunition in Return for Tech; Possible Deals Would Violate U.N. Resolutions

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    September 13, 2023

  • Kim Jong Un’s Russia Visit Meant to Counter Trilateral Cooperation; Concern Growing About Japan, U.S., South Korea Ties

    As Russia and North Korea draw closer together, the composition of a “New Cold War” is becoming clea...

    September 13, 2023

  • North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles(Update 1)

    North Korea fired two ballistic missiles eastward from near its western coast on Wednesday morning, ...

    September 13, 2023

  • Japan Government To Boost Information Efforts on Territories; Emails Planned for Overseas Experts, Seminars for Foreign Residents

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    September 11, 2023

  • Ukraine Says ‘Will Never Forget’ Japan’s Humanitarian Aid

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    September 10, 2023

  • Japan’s Hayashi and Business Leaders Meet Zelenskyy and Vow Support for Ukraina Reconstruction

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    September 10, 2023

  • S. Korea’s Yoon Reorders ‘South Korea-China-Japan’ Wording

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    September 10, 2023

  • Japan Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi Visits Ukraine, Discusses Restoration Measures

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    September 9, 2023

  • Japan Accelerates Preparations for Unified Command of SDF; Defense Ministry Seeks Seamless Response to Contingencies

    The Defense Ministry is accelerating preparations to establish a “unified command” at the end of fis...

    September 6, 2023

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