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NAGASAKI PREFECTURE, Japan — Japanese soldiers deployed the country’s newest antiship missile system outside its home base for the first time over the weekend, demonstrating how quickly the long-range ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Security: Joint military drills provoke public anger
Japan and the United States began one of their largest joint military exercises on Monday, a move experts warned could heighten regional tensions and undermine peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Security: Typhoon Jangmi moves toward Japan's Kyushu after lashing Okinawa
Typhoon Jangmi continued its northward journey towards Japan`s southwestern island of Kyushu on Tuesday after bringing strong winds and heavy weather conditions to Okinawa, prompting transport ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Security: Japan designates 5 airports, 11 seaports for use by SDF, JCG
Japan plans to upgrade five civilian airports and 11 seaports for use by the Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Coast Guard to bolster the nation’s defense capabilities.
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Security: Japan’s Drone Wall: Ukraine’s War Comes To Okinawa’s Doorstep – Analysis
Tokyo is borrowing Kyiv's battlefield playbook to defend its southwestern islands. The drones may prove the easy part.
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Security: Marines extend Reaper deployment at Okinawa air base, Japanese officials say
The Marine Corps plans to keep a group of MQ-9A Reaper drones on Okinawa indefinitely beyond their original yearlong deployment, according to Japan’s Ministry of Defense. Fewer than six of the ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Security: Stress and fear roil a tiny, rapidly militarizing Japanese island near Taiwan
This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier has no convenience store. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze on a hill.
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Security: Japan-US drills threaten regional peace, stability
As Japan deepens its strategic alignment with the US and amplifies claims of so-called security threats to justify strengthening the US-led regional military network, the risk of misperceptions and ...