Defense & Security
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Chinese navy ship spotted in Japanese waters off Kagoshima Pref.
A Chinese navy vessel was spotted in Japan’s territorial waters near islands in Kagoshima Prefecture...
April 28, 2022
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Japan FM boards nuclear-powered carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with U.S. ambassador
For the first time in a dozen years, a Japanese foreign minister has boarded a U.S. aircraft carrier...
April 24, 2022
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Japan rethinks Ukraine aid plan after India blocks request for SDF aircraft to collect aid from Mumbai
The government has been forced to change a plan to transport Ukraine aid supplies from India on Self...
April 22, 2022
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Lower house resolution urges govt to realize reduction, return of U.S. bases in Okinawa
The House of Representatives special committee on Okinawa and the northern problems passed a resolut...
April 22, 2022
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In 2012, Tokyo received ¥1.5 bil. to buy Senkakus; ¥1.4 bil. remains unused
A decade ago then Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara announced that the Tokyo metropolitan government plan...
April 17, 2022
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Panel of Japan’s ruling LDP calls for spending 2% of GDP on defense in 5 years
The LDP’s Research Commission on Security, headed by former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, recen...
April 16, 2022
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US lawmakers affirm Japan alliance eyeing China, North Korea
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and visiting U.S. lawmakers reaffirmed their comm...
April 16, 2022
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Japan on alert for North Korean military provocations
The government has been on high alert this week for military provocations from Pyongyang, as North K...
April 15, 2022
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Japanese Communist Party leader rushes to justify policy of using SDF in invasion of Japan
In light of the situation in Ukraine, the Japanese Communist Party is trying hard to justify its pol...
April 13, 2022
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LDP commission mulls stronger wording regarding China, Russia in defense documents
A Liberal Democratic Party commission plans to call for stronger wording to be used regarding Russia...
April 12, 2022
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Japan, Philippines agree to strengthen security cooperation in first 2-plus-2 meeting
Japan and the Philippines held a 2-plus-2 meeting of their foreign and defense chiefs for the first...
April 9, 2022
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Okinawa development policy draft emphasizes ‘security importance’ of islands to territorial waters
The draft of the government’s basic policy for the promotion and development of Okinawa, which will ...
April 8, 2022
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Japan Coast Guard to deploy SeaGuardian drone
The Japan Coast Guard plans to deploy a drone manufactured by U.S. firm General Atomics-Aeronautical...
April 6, 2022
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Kishida shows eagerness to pursue U.N. Security Council reform
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has shown a strong interest in pursuing reform of the United Nations in...
April 3, 2022
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Defense Ministry to stiffen cybersecurity standards
The Defense Ministry plans to introduce stricter cybersecurity standards, in line with those adopte...
April 3, 2022
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