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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2021
Guam offers vaccine vacations for U.S. expats in Asia, but not a relaxing break
Travelers to the Pacific island, which has travel alerts in place and a rising number of coronavirus cases, will face challenges including quarantine protocols.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 3, 2021
Australia reviewing China’s ownership of a Darwin port
Australia is whether to force a Chinese company to sell a lease to a strategically important port used by U.S. Marines, a move that could further stoke tensions with Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 3, 2021
China says its newest carrier group conducts exercise in South China Sea
China's Shandong aircraft carrier task group recently conducted an exercise in the South China Sea, the country's People's Liberation Army (PLA) said Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2021
G.I. Joe Trotsky
According to The Washington Post, of the 380 of the people now facing federal charges stemming from the riot, some 44 are current or former U.S. armed forces members.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2021
Next major war will be 'very different,' U.S. defense secretary says
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called for harnessing technological advances and better integrating military operations globally to 'understand faster, decide faster and act faster.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 28, 2021
Australia to upgrade military bases and expand war games with U.S.
Australia will spend $580 million) to upgrade four military bases in its north and expand war games with the United States, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was set to announce.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 27, 2021
British carrier's visit to Japan signals closer ties amid China tensions
When HMS Queen Elizabeth steams into the port of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, it will signal an implicit endorsement and boost for Japan's 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific' strategy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 24, 2021
Hope fades for missing Indonesian submarine as U.S. assists search
The United States is deploying a P-8 Poseidon aircraft to assist in the search and rescue operation for a missing Indonesian Navy submarine lost in the Bali Sea, as hopes fade for the 53 crew which are expected to have run out of oxygen early on Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 19, 2021
Taiwan says its seeking long-range cruise missiles from U.S.
While Taiwan is developing its own long-range missiles to strike back deep into China in the event of war, it has also looked to the U.S. to help provide it advanced weaponry.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 17, 2021
China's massed drills near Taiwan take aim at Washington audience
Some of the exercises are practicing 'access denial' maneuvers to prevent foreign forces from coming to Taipei's defense in a war, an official familiar with Taiwan's security planning said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 11, 2021
Biden backs Taiwan, but some call for a clearer warning to China
As China grows stronger and bolder, some experts want to end Washington's decades-long policy of “strategic ambiguity.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2021
Chinese aircraft skirt Taiwan in second show of force this week
The Chinese air force sent a fleet of aircraft close to Taiwan for the second time this week in the latest sign of military intimidation against the separately ruled island.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 5, 2021
China sends aircraft carrier strike group near Okinawa in message to U.S. and Japan
The carrier and five other ships' sailing over the weekend was a signal of China's growing ability to counter U.S. and Japanese military power further from its shores, experts say.

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