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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the training base of special operations forces to guide a drill at an undisclosed location in the country on Sept. 11.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 26, 2024
NATO invites Japan and three others to ambassador-level meeting on North Korea
The meeting is aimed at sharing information with NATO's Asia-Pacific partners, which also includes South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, before being successfully intercepted by Standard Missile-6 missiles fired from the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, in Kauai, Hawaii, in August 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2024
U.S. missile agency scales back Guam defense plans
A proposed multibillion-dollar missile defense system for Guam has been reduced to 16 sites on the island from the original 22.
Live rounds are fired during a nighttime exercise on Taiwan's Penghu Islands on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2024
U.S. approves potential $2 billion arms sale to Taiwan
The U.S. is bound by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties, to the constant anger of Beijing.
A man looks at a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement model by Lockheed Martin at an international military fair in Kielce, Poland, in September 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2024
Fearing China's hypersonic weapons, U.S. Navy seeks to arm ships with Patriot missiles
Integrating the weapons with ships' air defenses comes in the wake of successful missile defense efforts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
When Italy’s Cavour aircraft carrier visited Japan in August, it was the latest in a string of other ports of call by European nations such as Britain, Germany and France, all of whom are engaging in military and defense industry partnerships in East Asia.
ASIA PACIFIC / Longform
Oct 25, 2024
Will Europe's pivot to Asia have any teeth?
Deals are being made and carriers are making visits, but it is yet to be seen if nations on the other side of the world will come when a crisis hits.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2024
Putin appears to hint that North Korean troops are in Russia
Putin's comments came as Ukraine’s intelligence agency said that North Korean soldiers had already arrived in Russia's Kursk region.
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the first national security memorandum detailing how intelligence agencies should use and protect artificial intelligence technology.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 25, 2024
White House urges agencies to adopt AI for military and spy use
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the nation must extend its lead on AI while also managing the risks.
NEC CEO Takayuki Morita
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 25, 2024
Japan’s military pivot is firing up NEC’s defense tech business
NEC is targeting more than 60% revenue growth in its aviation, space and defense unit by March 2026.
A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force battle tank fires ammunition during a live fire exercise at East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in May.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2024
Defense tax hikes hinge on election results
Ruling and opposition parties share a recognition that Japan faces a tough security environment.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pose for a group photo at a meeting on Ukraine reconstruction at the United Nations on Sept. 25.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2024
Shifting the paradigm in Ukraine
In Ukraine, inaction — the refusal to permit Ukraine’s government to act in self-defense — possesses the quality of death.
Former Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Kuninori Matsuda speaks during an interview on Wednesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2024
Ex-Japan envoy says North Korea troops have changed Ukraine war
Joint exercises between Russian and North Korean troops are Pyongyang's "de facto participation in the war," said Kuninori Matsuda.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a training base at an undisclosed location in North Korea in a photo released on Oct. 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 24, 2024
U.S. says North Korean troops in Russia, possibly to fight in Ukraine war
But the U.S. defense chief and other officials said that it remained to be seen what exactly the North Korean troops would be doing in Russia.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2024
China and India bury the hatchet — for now, at least
Despite the agreement to disengage, the lack of trust is palpable. We are still just one misstep from an army patrol from another dangerous flare-up.
Visitors walk past China's first nuclear missile on display at the Military Museum in Beijing.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 24, 2024
China speeds nuclear-weapons buildout, U.S. defense agency says
The Defense Intelligence Agency’s report offers the most detailed accounting yet of the country’s bid to catch up to the U.S. in an area where it lagged.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks at a news briefing following meetings with top Ukrainians officials in Kyiv on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2024
U.S. defense chief confirms North Korean troops are in Russia
The remarks follow claims by Kyiv and Seoul that Pyongyang is dispatching soldiers to fight against Ukraine.
An apartment building damaged by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Oct. 1
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2024
Selling out Ukraine casts shame on the West
This war started because Moscow refuses to tolerate a successful democratic, independent neighbor, which also remains the chief impediment to ending it.
A man spreads fertilizer on a paddy field in Ilan County, Taiwan, in 2008.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 23, 2024
Preparing for a Chinese blockade, Taiwan maps out wartime food plans
China's latest war games around the island, carried out last week, included blockading key ports and areas, and assaulting maritime and ground targets.
The Hobart-class destroyer HMAS Sydney fires an SM-6 missile during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2024 in August.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 22, 2024
Australia to buy advanced U.S. long-range missiles to boost deterrence
The SM-2 IIIC and SM-6 missiles, similar to those being procured by Japan, will be progressively rolled out across the Royal Australian Navy’s warships.
An F-35B stealth fighter jet lands on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Kaga helicopter carrier during a test on Sunday of the southern coast of California.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2024
F-35B fighter makes first landing on de facto aircraft carrier Kaga
The Maritime Self-Defense Force is conducting tests to determine if there are issues with such aircraft taking off from the vessel while verifying other procedures.
ASEAN leaders pose for a group photo during the 21st ASEAN-India Summit in Vientiane on Oct. 10. U.S. President Joe Biden was notably absent once again from this years ASEAN gathering.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2024
The U.S. risks irrelevance in Asia
While the Biden administration has boosted U.S. influence in the short term, the long-term outlook for Washington is one of increasing irrelevance in Asia.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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