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‘Let’s make it practical’: NATO chief eyes greater defense-industrial ties with Japan
Japan and NATO plan to take their partnership to the next level by stepping up information-sharing and defense-industrial ...
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Japan, US share ‘warrior ethos’ to deter China, says Pentagon’s Hegseth
Last year, former President Joe Biden’s administration announced that the US military in Japan would be revamped to increase coordination with Tokyo’s forces in what the two countries ...
Hegseth Pledges to Step Up Military Cooperation With Japan
The U.S. defense secretary sought to reassure its ally over security ties and vowed to speed up the creation of a joint ...
Editorial: Japan's new Joint Operations Command mustn't erode autonomy, civilian control
Japan's Defense Ministry has launched the Joint Operations Command, a permanent 240-member organization to centrally command ...
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At summit, NATO eyes growing industrial collaboration with Asian partners
Expanding defense-industrial cooperation will top the agenda when NATO foreign ministers meet their counterparts from Japan, ...
Japan, US, S. Korea voice 'serious concerns' over N. Korea moves
BRUSSELS (Kyodo) -- The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Thursday voiced "serious concerns" ...
Trump’s tariffs risk pushing Japan and South Korea closer to China’s economic orbit
Despite recent US efforts to strengthen Indo-Pacific alliances, Washington's tariffs may drive Tokyo and Seoul towards closer ...
FM slams Hegseth's remarks calling 'warrior' Japan 'indispensable in deterring China'
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday slammed the US' use of "China threat" rhetoric as an excuse to provoke ideological ...
Trump Tariffs Re-Energize Stalled Japan-Korea-China FTA
After US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's visit to mark the 80th anniversary of the World War II battle of Iwo Jima, the ...
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Philippines, US, and Japan Hold Joint Military Drills in Disputed South China Sea
The Philippines, the United States, and Japan recently conducted joint military drills in the South China Sea, a region with ongoing territorial disputes. The exercises aimed to improve cooperation ...