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JAPAN
Dec 4, 2015
U.S. military announces return of two slivers of land in Okinawa in 2018
The United States and Japan announce the return in 2018 of two strips of land from military bases in Okinawa to widen civilian roads.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 4, 2015
All U.S. military combat roles to be open to women, Pentagon announces
Women will be allowed in all combat positions throughout the U.S. military, ending decades of exclusion from front-line jobs, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Thursday.
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2015
Japan preparing to test-fly MHI-built stealth jet
Japan is closing in on becoming the fourth nation to test fly its own stealth jet, a move that could further antagonize neighboring Asian countries that oppose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bid to strengthen the role of the Self-Defense Forces.
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2015
Regional airlines want U.S. to ease 2013 curbs on hiring pilots with less than 1,500 hours
U.S. regional airlines are preparing to ask the government to loosen 2013 pilot safety restrictions they say have unnecessarily caused a shortage of qualified flight crews.
WORLD
Dec 2, 2015
NATO offer of membership to Montenegro may add to tensions with Russia
NATO offered membership to Montenegro, extending its reach deeper into southeastern Europe and potentially adding to tensions with Russia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 2, 2015
Beijing could pay 'international price' in South China Sea legal case, experts say
When an international court ruled in late October that it had jurisdiction to hear a case filed by the Philippines against China over the disputed South China Sea, Beijing dismissed the decision, saying it would "lead to nothing."
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 2, 2015
U.S. sanctions on Myanmar unlikely to change dramatically, says nominee to be ambassador
President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Myanmar said on Tuesday he does not anticipate major changes in U.S. sanctions in the wake of the country's historic election last month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 1, 2015
Xi's African tour highlights China's expanding security role on continent
To see China's evolving foreign policy, look to Africa, where a desire to protect economic investment is leading to a revision of the country's hands-off approach to the internal affairs of other nations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2015
Right groups say Myanmar offensive has displaced 10,000 people
A Myanmar military offensive against ethnic rebels in the east of the country has uprooted more than 10,000 people, rights groups said, accusing the army of bombing schools and Buddhist temples, firing on civilians and raping women.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 28, 2015
Turkey warns Russia after it detains businessmen following downing of jet
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia on Friday not to "play with fire," citing reports that Turkish businessmen had been detained in Russia. Moscow said it would suspend visa-free travel with Turkey.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2015
South Korea trains young hackers, plays catch-up years after North's elite unit proved abilities
In a darkened "war room" dozens of South Korea's brightest college students are practicing hacking each other as part of a government program to train them to battle some of the world's best — the shadowy techno-soldiers of Kim Jong Un's regime.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2015
China unveils biggest army overhaul in decades
President Xi Jinping announced a major overhaul of China's military to make the world's largest army more combat ready and better equipped to project force beyond the country's borders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Nov 26, 2015
Japan's crack submarine fleet
The Maritime Self-Defense Force has one of the stealthiest and best-trained submarine fleets in the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 25, 2015
U.S. developing new tools of economic war against the Islamic State
Since last month, U.S. warplanes have struck the Islamic State group's oil infrastructure in Syria in a stepped-up campaign of economic warfare that the United States estimates has cut the group's black-market earnings from oil by about a third.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 24, 2015
Power-line sabotage in Crimea risks military move by Putin
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has taken an ominous new turn. So far it's Crimea that's paying the price, but Kiev could be next.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2015
Joint air drill by China, Thailand a sign of rising ties
Thailand's military held an air show with China on Tuesday ahead of joint maneuvers in a sign of warming ties. Thailand said it was not distancing itself from the United States, which downgraded their military relationship following a 2014 coup.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 23, 2015
China uses flamethrower to hunt Xinjiang 'terrorists'
Chinese forces used a flamethrower to force more than 10 "terrorists" from a cave in the western Xinjiang region, the military's top newspaper said Monday, in a graphic account of the hunt for what Beijing called foreign-led extremists.

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