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Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2021
The Black reporter who exposed a lie about the atom bomb
Charles Loeb defied the American military's denials and propaganda to show how deadly radiation from the strike on Hiroshima sickened and killed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2021
North Korea says U.S. and South Korea will face new threats for military drills
The powerful sister of the country's leader said it would boost its 'absolute deterrence,' including a 'strong preemptive strike capability,' to counter the U.S. military.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2021
U.S. defense secretary to visit Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
The United States under President Joe Biden is looking to reinforce the need for a U.S. role in a region where China has sizeable influence as the dominant trade partner.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 20, 2021
Caught between China and the U.S., Asian countries stockpile powerful new missiles
Asia is sliding into a dangerous arms race as smaller nations that once stayed on the sidelines build arsenals of advanced long-range missiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 14, 2021
Fifty years since Kissinger's secret visit, Sino-U.S. ties now fraying fast
The downward trajectory is unlikely to be altered any time soon, experts say, as top officials in both countries are buckling down for a long-haul competition.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 13, 2021
In symbolic end to war, U.S. general departs Afghanistan
The U.S. general leading the war in Afghanistan, Austin Miller, relinquished command at a ceremony on Monday and quietly left the country.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 10, 2021
Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as U.S. withdraws
Afghan Air Force Maj. Dastagir Zamaray had grown so fearful of Taliban assassinations of off-duty forces in Kabul that he decided to sell his home to move to a safer pocket of Afghanistan's sprawling capital.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 3, 2021
U.S. looks into having three Central Asian states take in at-risk Afghans
Sources said Washington is in talks with Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan about letting in the at-risk Afghan citizens.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 3, 2021
Era ends and uncertainty looms after U.S. forces leave main Afghanistan base
U.S. troops pulled out of their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, leaving behind a piece of the World Trade Center they buried 20 years ago in a country that could descend into civil war without them.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 26, 2021
Journalists fear land-purchase law may hit local residents
Recent concerns about a new law meant to restrict the sale of property near sensitive sites to non-Japanese entities focus more on the trouble the law may cause Japanese individuals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 26, 2021
UFO sighting stigma is gone as U.S. urges pilots to speak up
The Director of National Intelligence said in the findings released Friday that pilots will be encouraged to report 'unexplained aerial phenomena.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2021
China condemns latest U.S. warship transit of Taiwan Strait
The latest mission comes around a week after Taiwan said 28 Chinese air force aircraft entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone in the largest reported incursion to date.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2021
U.S. Navy ships close to getting interceptors that could stop an ICBM
The new missile is being developed jointly with Japan. Congress in 2019 cleared the sale to Japan of as many as 73 of the new version in a potential $3.2 billion sale.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2021
Pacific undersea cable project sinks after U.S. warns against Chinese participation
The U.S. has said Chinese firms pose a security threat because they are required to cooperate with Beijing's intelligence and security services, an assertion rejected by China.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 18, 2021
Okinawa reversion agreement stands the test of time
Greater foresight by the two governments was thus necessary then, as is a more proactive approach by them today regarding the bases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 16, 2021
With record warplane incursion near Taiwan, China has a message: We won't be cowed
The mission comes as Beijing faces international calls to maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait and as the Chinese Communist Party's 100th anniversary fast approaches.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 16, 2021
China sends largest-ever number of warplanes near Taiwan
A record 28 warplanes have ventured into Taiwan's air defense identification zone just days after a G7 statement urged the peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues.

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