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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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Japan to station mobile radar unit on westernmost Yonaguni
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force said Thursday that it will station a mobile rada...
April 1, 2022
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Japan, U.S. defense officials discuss security environment
The Defense Ministry has announced that Gen. Koji Yamazaki, chief of staff of the Self-Defense Forc...
April 1, 2022
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Isles illegally occupied by Russia: draft report
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Foreign Ministry says in a draft of its Diplomatic Bluebook for 2022 that four ...
April 1, 2022
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Japan’s Defense Ministry to create new post of global strategy intelligence officer
The Defense Ministry will create a new position in April, tentatively called a global strategy intel...
March 30, 2022
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Japan to impose ban on Russia-bound exports of gold from April 5 – MOF
TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters) – Japan will ban shipments of gold to Russia in response to its aggression...
March 29, 2022
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Japan lacks effective deterrence against N. Korea’s missiles
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has strongly condemned North Korea’s launch of what is believed to be a...
March 25, 2022
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