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DEFENSE

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2023
Time for a change? Seoul faces pressure to send weapons to Ukraine.
The Ukrainian government believes South Korea 'could do much to make our victory closer.”
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2023
NATO leaders send mixed messages in Japan office controversy
While French President Emmanuel Macron said NATO should keep its focus on the North Atlantic region, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the idea was still up for discussion.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 13, 2023
China's U.S. envoy makes rare Pentagon visit for security-related talks
A statement said the Chinese ambassador discussed defense relations and 'a range of international and regional security issues' in talks with a U.S. assistant secretary of defense.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2023
Long-term aid plan for Ukraine shows Russia time 'not on its side:' U.S.
G7 leaders were set to join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the end of the NATO summit to announce the plan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 12, 2023
Japan and NATO usher in new era of cooperation amid China concerns
Collaboration will go beyond traditional security areas and extend to cyber, emerging and disruptive technologies and strategic communications, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2023
Existential threat or bogeyman: Russia's view on NATO
From Russia's perspective, NATO has deliberately encroached on Moscow's doorstep and emerged as the most serious external military threat in decades.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2023
Defense Ministry urged to attract skilled talent from private sector
The recommendations come as the government plans to create a new recruiting system to employ highly skilled Self-Defense Forces officers as early as the next fiscal year, starting in April.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2023
North Korea fires off ICBM-class missile ahead of Kishida-Yoon meeting
Although the missile fell outside Japan's EEZ, the weapon's 74-minute flight was the longest yet for a North Korean missile, the Defense Ministry said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 12, 2023
NATO to offer Ukraine fast path to join when conditions met
NATO leaders agreed that Ukraine won’t need a so-called Membership Action Plan to prepare for joining, Secretay-General Jens Stoltenberg said at a news conference.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2023
NATO head eyes 'strong message' on Ukraine's membership bid at summit
Divisions among the Western military alliance's 31 members on allowing Ukraine in mean there will not be a straightforward invitation for Kyiv to join.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2023
Asia pretty much prefers the world as it is
Asian societies have different views of how the world should work but do not seek wholesale reconstruction of the global order.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2023
North Korea warns U.S. over alleged spy plane incursions
The sister of North Korea's leader accused the U.S. of “illegally” sending spy planes into its exclusive economic zone, just a day after the country warned such flights could be shot down.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2023
Japan to speed up SDF cybersecurity personnel development
According to the ministry, the SDF's cyber unit had only about 890 personnel as of the end of March.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2023
Asian nations affected by cluster bombs call on U.S. not to send them to Ukraine
While the weapons often fail to explode and pose a grave danger to civilians, Washington says Russia has been using them in the war for months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 11, 2023
U.S. military deals unlikely to draw India away from Russian arms
The country’s multi-billion-dollar purchases of U.S. arms are more about developing its own domestic weapons industry, security officials and analysts say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2023
Turkey agrees to back Sweden’s NATO bid in boost to alliance
NATO’s northern enlargement heralds one of the most prominent changes in the European security landscape after Russia’s war against Ukraine led to dramatic shifts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 10, 2023
Russian army chief appears for first time since Wagner mutiny
Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, who’s in charge of Russia’s war operations in Ukraine, was shown in a brief video receiving battlefield reports from officials.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 10, 2023
Supporting an embattled Kyiv amid an axis of denial
The debate over support for Ukraine has become a microcosm of the broader “democratic recession.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 10, 2023
Pressure grows for world's militaries to report and reduce greenhouse emissions
As temperatures hit new highs, scientists and environmental groups are stepping up efforts to end a long-standing exemption that has kept some military climate pollution off the books.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 10, 2023
North Korea threatens to shoot down U.S. spy planes
A spokesman for North Korea’s Defense Ministry said the U.S. was engaging in 'the most undisguised nuclear blackmail” by planning to bring a nuclear-armed submarine to the Korean Peninsula.

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