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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 1, 2020
U.S. and South Korea near tentative troop-funding deal, report says
The U.S. and South Korea have tentatively reached a military cost-sharing agreement, the Yonhap news agency reported, potentially ending months of bickering over demands from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump for a massive increase.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2020
U.S. base workers set for furlough in blow to South Korea alliance
The U.S. military is set to put almost half of its 8,500 South Korean civilian workers on furlough, as the two sides bicker over the Trump administration’s demands for a massive increase in troop funding.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2020
Flying low: The battle over Tokyo’s airspace
Haneda Airport's new flight paths commence despite concerns from aviation experts and public opposition.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2020
Pentagon orders halt to overseas movement for U.S. military over coronavirus
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued a stop movement order to the U.S. military halting travel and movement abroad for up to 60 days in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus through the ranks, the Pentagon chief said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 16, 2020
First U.S. sailor aboard a warship tests positive for new coronavirus
A U.S. sailor aboard a warship ship tested positive for the new coronavirus for the first time, the U.S. Navy said Sunday, as it disclosed the case of a person assigned to an amphibious assault ship at port in San Diego.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2020
U.S. bombs Iran-backed militia in Iraq after attack kills U.S. and U.K. troops
The United States waged a series of precision airstrikes on Thursday against an Iran-backed militia in Iraq that it blamed for a major rocket attack a day earlier that killed two American troops and a 26-year-old British soldier.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 13, 2020
China official says U.S. military may have brought COVID-19 to Wuhan
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry suggested on Thursday that the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to the city of Wuhan, which has been hardest hit by the outbreak, doubling down on a war of words with Washington.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 9, 2020
The March 1945 firebombing of Tokyo and the immorality of war
The U.S. attack on Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945, reinforces the reality that it usually is the civilians who suffer the most from the horrors of war.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 29, 2020
Who really controls the airspace over central Japan?
A good portion of the airspace over central Japan has been reserved for the exclusive use of the U.S. military since the end of World War II, a fact that isn't widely known in Japan. Over the past several weeks, however, it has become a sudden reality to thousands of Tokyoites and residents of Kawasaki...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2020
From Japan to the United Kingdom, the world loves hosting U.S. troops
Contrary to claims of anti-American backlash, a study finds that the military is a great brand ambassador.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 18, 2020
If only Iwo Jima had been captured sooner
Had the capture of Iwo Jima taken place in the summer of 1944 as the Tojo Cabinet was collapsing, the war probably would have taken a different course and many lives could have been spared.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 14, 2020
Philippines' Duterte tests Trump with move to unravel decades-old alliance
Over the years, Rodrigo Duterte's regular rants about the U.S. appeared to amount to little more than bluster. This week the Philippine leader finally moved to dismantle an alliance that has endured since World War II.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 14, 2020
CDC confirms 15th case of coronavirus in the United States
U.S. officials reported the 15th case of coronavirus in the United States on Thursday, saying the patient was among those who had been evacuated from Wuhan, China, and placed under federal quarantine at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 13, 2020
Taiwan says U.S. flies B-52 bombers near island after Chinese drills
The U.S. military flew three Air Force planes — including two B-52 bombers — near Taiwan on Wednesday morning, the country's Defense Ministry and the U.S. Pacific Air Forces said, after China sent its own bombers and fighter jets for exercises near the island on Sunday and Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 12, 2020
Duterte poised to shake up the regional security order
Following through on his threat to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) could upend regional security arrangements — although not necessarily for the worse.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 12, 2020
Japan and the U.S. should co-develop an anti-ship cruise missile system
In the face of growing Chinese maritime capabilities, the U.S. and Japan cannot simply sit idle.

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