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MILITARY 3

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2019
Japan's largest warship joins U.S. carrier for military exercises in disputed South China Sea
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Izumo helicopter carrier has joined the United States' sole forward-deployed aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, in joint military exercises in the disputed South China Sea, the MSDF and U.S. 7th Fleet said in separate statements Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2019
Chinese aircraft carrier sails between Okinawan islands
The Defense Ministry said Tuesday that China's sole operating aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, had passed through the Miyako Strait between the island of Miyako and Okinawa's main island as it ventured into the Pacific that morning.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2019
U.S. starts withdrawing Turkey from F-35 program over Russia defense deal
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WORLD
Jun 7, 2019
Warhead to counter North Korean threat has problems
Raytheon Co.'s project to develop a new interceptor warhead for America's ground-based missile defense system is estimated to increase in cost by almost $600 million because of "major design concerns" since the contract was awarded, according to congressional auditors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 7, 2019
West Point cadet killed when military vehicle flips at training site
One cadet from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, died and 22 cadets and soldiers were injured on Thursday when a tactical vehicle carrying them flipped over during a training mission, officials said.
EDITORIALS
Jun 5, 2019
Sharp discussions at the Shangri-la Dialogue
As expected, China figures prominently at Asian security meeting.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2019
Pakistan military agrees to rare budget cut amid economic woes
Pakistan's powerful military has agreed in a rare move to cut its hefty budget for a year to help ease the South Asian country's "critical financial situation," Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2019
Sudanese forces storm protest camp, at least nine dead: medics
Security forces stormed a protest camp in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday morning and at least nine people were reported to have been killed in the worst violence since the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir in April.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2019
Blasts at Russian military explosives plant injure dozens
Seventy-nine people were injured when several blasts at the explosives plant Kristall shook the central Russian town of Dzerzhinsk on Saturday, the Russian health ministry said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2019
Judge finds U.S. Navy SEAL's fair trial rights violated in war crimes case
The military judge presiding over the court-martial of a U.S. Navy SEAL charged with war crimes said on Friday prosecutors who electronically tracked email communications of defense lawyers without a warrant violated the accused's right to a fair trial.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 31, 2019
Saudi king calls for firm Arab stance against threats from Iran
Saudi Arabia's king told an emergency Arab summit on Friday that decisive action is needed to stop Iranian "escalations" in the region following attacks on Persian Gulf oil assets, and American officials said a U.S. military deployment had deterred Tehran.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 28, 2019
Japan the new 'leader of the liberal order in Asia,' top Australian think tank says
Japan has become "the quintessential smart power" and the new "leader of the liberal order in Asia," according to a new index of power in the region published Wednesday by a leading Australian think tank.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 28, 2019
In symbolic first, Abe and Trump jointly address military personnel aboard Japan's Kaga carrier
Peppered with pomp and decorum, Trump's four-day visit to Japan ended with a gesture highlighting the long-standing military ties between the two countries.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 28, 2019
Blood and thunder at sea: British veteran remembers D-Day, 75 years on
Seventy-five years ago, a young British sailor stood on the bridge of a warship, its gun barrels pointing out to the coast of France, and watched the devastation being rained down on a country he wanted to liberate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2019
Trump, Obama and Congress to blame for Iran problem
Presidents have become adept at waging wars without authorization from Congress.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2019
Myanmar soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings freed after less than a year
Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers said.
WORLD
May 25, 2019
Iran can sink U.S. warships with 'secret weapons,' military official in Tehran claims
Iran can sink U.S. warships sent to the Gulf region using missiles and "secret weapons," a senior Iranian military official was quoted as saying by the semi-official news agency Mizan on Saturday.
Tropical Storm Shanshan soaks Japan as flood and landslide risks rise
People walk in front of closed ticket gates for the Tokaido Shinkansen in Tokyo Station as train operations between Tokyo and Nagoya remain suspended due to Tropical Storm Shanshan on Saturday.
Slow-moving storm Shanshan downgraded to tropical depression
Elevated water levels on the Tama River in Kawasaki on Friday after Shanshan dumped torrential rain on wide areas of Japan.
Tokyo protests after Chinese Navy ship enters Japanese territorial waters
A Chinese Navy Shupang-class survey ship
Japanese government considering investment in Rapidus
Tetsuro Higashi, the chairman of Rapidus, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo in February 2023
Hayao Miyazaki wins prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award
Hayao Miyazaki at an award ceremony in Los Angeles in November 2014
Japan seeks another record-breaking defense budget for fiscal 2025
Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force hold a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in May. Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking another record-breaking budget for fiscal 2025.
Can Japan handle a heat wave and natural disaster at the same time?
A member of the Self-Defense Forces wipes away sweat as he conducts a search and rescue operation at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 11, 2018.
Did you feel that? It may be time to refresh your disaster kits — and vocabulary.
A map of western Japan shows the Nankai Trough and, to its north, the hypocentral region where the energy for an earthquake is thought to be building.
This English schoolboy has big dreams of becoming yokozuna — and more
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Tarasenko’s potential in sumo was made obvious when he won U18 gold in the 90-kg weight class at the 2023 Baruto Cup in Estonia despite being four years under the age limit and having only had a total of one hour of sumo training before the meet.
Kitakyushu clashes with academics over Meiji Era remains
Remnants of the first Moji station complex are located near the current Mojiko Station in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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