Politics
Defense & Security
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Kishida boosts security ties across Asia, Europe on recent trip
During his latest trip abroad, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida achieved solid results in obtaining from...
May 7, 2022
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Broad agreement on defense pact shows deepening of Japan-U.K. security ties
The government views a broad agreement on the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), which will set a l...
May 6, 2022
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Japan, U.K. broadly agree on new defense pact
LONDON — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his British counterpart Boris Johnson have broadly agreed...
May 6, 2022
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Japan’s Defense Ministry uses multiple languages in battle for public opinion
To strengthen its response to “intelligence warfare,” the Defense Ministry has been working to trans...
May 6, 2022
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Kishida stresses willingness to include SDF in top law
In a video message released on the Constitution Day national holiday on Tuesday, Prime Minister Fum...
May 4, 2022
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Chinese aircraft carrier, other vessels pass through Okinawa islands
Eight Chinese naval vessels, including the aircraft carrier Liaoning and missile destroyers, passed ...
May 4, 2022
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Japan, Thai agree on defense transfers
BANGKOK — Japan and Thailand have signed an agreement that enables Japan to export defense equipment...
May 3, 2022
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Former Japanese vice foreign minister hits out at former PM Abe over northern territories
Former Vice Foreign Minister Yukio Takeuchi takes a strong swipe at former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...
May 1, 2022
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Upper house panel seeks to ease Okinawa’s burden of hosting U.S. bases
A resolution calling on the government to reduce the burden on Okinawa Prefecture of hosting U.S. b...
April 28, 2022
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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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