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An SDF plane carrying Japanese, South Korean and other evacuees from Israel arrived in Tokyo on Saturday, marking the first such evacuation from Israel or the Palestinian territories since the latest fighting broke out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/21/japan/politics/japan-israel-sdf-evacuation/?utm_content=buffercbdc5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Defense Minister Minoru Kihara has retracted comments in a campaign speech in which he appeared to imply that a vote for the LDP would be good for the SDF members and their families — despite the SDF's strict policy of political neutrality. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/16/japan/politics/minoru-kihara-sdf-ldp-election/?utm_content=buffer0c5bf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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An SDF KC-767 refueling and transport airplane departed Komaki Air Base in central Japan for the SDF base in Djibouti as part of moves to prepare for a possible evacuation of Japanese nationals from Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/14/japan/politics/japan-sdf-plane-israel-evacuation/?utm_content=bufferf5982&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The Defense Ministry is expanding Self-Defense Forces units in the Kyushu region — establishing a squadron of F-35B stealth fighters and a surface-to-ship missile unit in the area starting next April — as China increases its coercive acts near Okinawa and Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/08/japan/politics/sdf-boosting-presence-kyushu/?utm_content=bufferdd874&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #sdf #defenseministry #kyushu #china #okinawa #pla

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Japan, Britain and Italy plan to choose Britain as the headquarters for their next-generation fighter program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/21/japan/jet-fighter-project-hq-uk/?utm_content=buffer71f3c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan's new defense chief called trilateral security cooperation between Japan, South Korea and the United States “the cornerstone” of Tokyo’s response to an increasingly tense regional environment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/17/japan/politics/japan-defense-minister-minoru-kihara-china/?utm_content=bufferc1bf9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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With an eye on recent military moves by China and Russia, Japan and the U.S. are stepping up their joint military drills. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/17/japan/politics/japan-us-combat-drills/?utm_content=buffera1e05&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan has said its treaty with Britain aimed at facilitating joint military drills and strengthening defense cooperation will come into effect next month amid China's growing military clout in the Indo-Pacific region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/16/japan/politics/japan-britain-defense-cooperation-pact-october/?utm_content=bufferc4128&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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In Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle, the most eye-catching aspect was the surprise replacement of Japan's foreign and defense ministers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/13/japan/politics/new-foreign-defense-ministers-kamikawa-kihara/?utm_content=buffer84e73&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking its largest ever budget — more than ¥7.7 trillion — as the country looks to revamp the Self-Defense Forces with a new joint headquarters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/31/japan/politics/japan-defense-budget-request-2024/?utm_content=buffer72664&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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North Korea said Thursday it had conducted a “tactical nuclear strike” drill simulating attacks on South Korean sites, as large-scale joint military exercises between Washington and Seoul were set to wrap up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/31/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-tactical-nuclear-drills-south-korea/?utm_content=bufferd0c99&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan plans to design a new missile for next-generation fighter jets it is developing with Britain and Italy, aiming to equip them with the projectile when they are first deployed in the Asian nation in 2035. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/29/japan/japan-design-missile-fighter-jets/?utm_content=bufferde0cd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan now has a new diplomatic policy tool: Official Security Assistance. But how can it make the most of it? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/08/27/japan/new-security-policy-tool/?utm_content=buffer857e0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #japan #us #defense #securitylaws #defenseministry

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Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said it had detected 20 Chinese military aircraft entering the island’s air defense identification zone, including a rare public mention of combat drone flight along Taiwan’s eastern coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/26/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-china-combat-drone-east-coast/?utm_content=buffera0f63&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan, the United States, Australia and the Philippines have held joint naval drills in the South China Sea amid Beijing's attempts to obstruct Manila's supply activities at military footholds in the waterway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/26/japan/politics/us-philippines-australia-japan-military-exercises-south-china-sea/?utm_content=buffer9acc7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The Japanese government has advocated allowing exports of some lethal weapons and transfers to third countries of defense equipment that Japan develops jointly with other nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/23/japan/japan-government-weapons-exports/?utm_content=buffer153f9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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North Korea will make a second try at putting an apparent spy satellite into orbit between Thursday and Aug. 31, the Japanese government said Tuesday, after a failed attempt in May. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/22/japan/north-korea-second-satellite-launch/?utm_content=bufferafd9b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan, the United States and Australia are considering sending their vessels carrying aircraft to the Philippines to conduct a trilateral naval drill in the South China Sea on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/19/japan/politics/japan-australia-us-ship-deployment-philippines-drill/?utm_content=buffer1bdf8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Over 60% of the Self-Defense Forces personnel who claimed to have been harassed did not use a consultation system set up to aid in such cases, a survey by the Defense Ministry showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/18/japan/self-defense-forces-harassment-survey/?utm_content=buffer61108&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan scrambled fighter jets after two Russian aircraft were spotted flying between the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea where Russia is holding a joint naval patrol and exercise with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/18/japan/japan-jet-scramble-russia/?utm_content=bufferda81a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The U.S. has said it is “confident” about sharing intelligence with Japan, following fears that this could be curtailed in the wake of a report that Chinese hackers had infiltrated Tokyo’s defense networks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japan/2023/08/09/japan-intel-sharing-us-confident/?utm_content=buffer96682&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The U.S. has said it is “confident” about sharing intelligence with Japan, following fears that this could be curtailed in the wake of a report that Chinese hackers had infiltrated Tokyo’s defense networks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/09/japan/japan-intel-sharing-us-confident/?utm_content=buffer37873&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan’s defense chief didn't confirm the leak on Tuesday after a U.S. media report said China had hacked the country’s classified defense networks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/08/japan/japan-china-hack-defense-network/?utm_content=buffere7af2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The drills highlight how Rome and Tokyo are expanding defense and security ties as their strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific converge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/04/japan/japan-italy-fighter-jet-joint-exercises/?utm_content=bufferfbbe1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The Defense Ministry said that five Chinese and five Russian warships had sailed through the Soya Strait to the Sea of Okhotsk, possibly in connection with a joint patrol in the Pacific Ocean. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/29/japan/china-russia-warships-sail-between-hokkaido-and-sakhalin/?utm_content=bufferab3e8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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