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Japan deploys its first F-35B fighter jets to bolster defenses in the south
Japan has received its first three F-35B stealth fighter jets at an air base in the south. This move aims to strengthen ...
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Russia, China Simulate Attack on Enemy Submarine in Sea of Japan Drills
The Russian Navy and People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) simulated attacks on an adversarial submarine and an amphibious ...
China Strong-Armed Japan Over Rare Earths. It’s a Lesson for the U.S.
The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...
Attacks in China and Japan raise concerns about xenophobia in both countries
A Japanese woman in China was attacked with a stone-like object in Suzhou on Thursday evening. She suffered ...
Why Japan Is Rethinking Its Peace Vow
The country’s postwar Constitution is under scrutiny as Japan rebuilds its military, spooked by a rising China and other ...
China and Russia Make Military Maneuvers After Trump's Nuclear Threat
The navies of Russia and China are conducting joint artillery and anti-submarine drills in the Sea of Japan, near the Russian ...
'US did it to Japan': China expert warns India is next in America's containment playbook
Prime Minister Modi should move India's economy closer to China in the coming three to five years, the expert had said in May ...
World marks 80 years since US dropped atomic bomb on Japan as global powers still trade nuclear threats
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end ...
Japan's steel output may sink to lowest since 1968 as US tariff risks loom
Kobe Steel , Japan's No. 3 steelmaker, on Thursday reported a 3% fall in quarterly crude steel output due to lower prices and the potential impact of U.S. tariffs on car production, similar to ...
US Ally Near China Receives Major Boost to F-35 Fleet
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force said it would continue to strengthen its capability through the deployment of F-35B jets.
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Japan and China agree to set up defense hotline | CNN
The defense ministers of Japan and China on Monday agreed to set up a joint communication hotline by the end of 2022, a news release from Japan’s Defense Ministry said, amid tensions between the ...