Riyadh/Tokyo: – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reached Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on the first leg of his five-day visit to the Gulf. This visit of the Prime Minister of Japan, the biggest importer of crude oil from the Gulf, against the background of action taken by the United States against Qassem Soleimani […]
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Washington/Tokyo/Seoul: The US President Donald Trump demanded that Japan and South Korea should provide additional funds for the US military, deployed in these countries to counter the threats from China and North Korea. There are nearly 54,000 US military personnel in Japan and the number in South Korea is more than 23,000. The United States […]
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Taipei: The Chinese aircraft carrier, along with its fleet of associated destroyers, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday morning. On the other hand, the US and Japanese warships have said to have trailed the Chinese fleet. Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Taiwan soon. Given the background, the movements of US and […]
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Washington: The first joint exercises by the Russian and Chinese bombers, in the Sea of Japan, have started. China said that these exercises are the beginning of the new cooperation developing between the two countries. Russian and Chinese bombers entered into the South Korean airspace, during the exercises. Severe concerns have been expressed by Japan […]
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Tokyo: The gigantic US aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan and the largest Japanese helicopter carrier JS Izumo, conducted war exercises in the South China Sea. The United States and Japan clarified that these exercises were held to underline the freedom on movement, in this region. Tension already exists between the United States and China over […]
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London/Tokyo/Beijing: Strong repercussions are being felt, at the international level, of the announcement made by President Trump to Black List the Chinese company Huawei. Following the decision, five US companies, including Google, have declared severing all ties with Huawei. Now, companies in the United Kingdom and Japan also have decided to stop all dealings with […]
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Washington: While China is increasing its military movements in the South and the East China Sea, the United States and Japan have initiated exercises, to gain control over the islands in this region. The US defence sources informed that marines from Japan and the United States held these exercises twice, in the last week. US […]
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Tokyo: A leading Japanese newspaper has claimed that the United States has jeopardised the Japanese security by withdrawing from the historic Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia. The United States can, in the next few months, increase the deployment of missiles in the Pacific Ocean. The newspaper claimed that in such a scenario, the […]
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Tokyo: ‘The North Korean threat to Japanese security still exists. Therefore, it is necessary for Japan to deploy missile defence systems for self-defence. At the same time, it needs to maintain and increase military cooperation with the United States,’ said the Japanese defence ministry. The Japanese defence ministry states the stand in the released white […]
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Moscow: Russia has started a comprehensive war exercise in the Kuril Islands marine region of Japan with 2500 military personnel, four destroyers and a fleet of combat helicopters. This exercise has started when the Japanese Prime Minister is on a visit to the United States and Japan has taken strong objections to the exercise. Japan […]
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