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Japan Offers To Boost Sri Lanka's Security As China Makes Inroads
Japan has pledged to help strengthen Sri Lanka's maritime security, authorities said Tuesday, in a new sign of efforts to counter China's strategic grip on the Indian Ocean island.
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Japan To Acquire Air-Launched Missiles Able To Strike North Korea
Japan is to acquire medium-range, air-launched cruise missiles, capable of striking North Korea, a controversial purchase of what will become the longest-range munitions of a country that has renounced the right to wage war.
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North Korea Threat Is 'Critical, Imminent,' Japan Tells US, South Korea
The threat from North Korea has grown to a "critical and imminent level" and the United States, Japan and South Korea must address the matter, Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera told his U.S. and South Korean counterparts in talks on Monday.
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US, Japan To Advance Security, Defence Ties With India, South Korea And Australia
The US and Japan have agreed to advance their multilateral security and defence cooperation with India, South Korea and Australia in view of North Korea's dangerous provocative behaviour, leaders of the countries have said.
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Japan Could Legally Intercept A Guam-Bound North Korea Missile: Report
Japan could legally intercept a North Korean missile headed towards Guam, Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said on Thursday in remarks reported by Kyodo news service.
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Eyeing China, Japan Seeks Record Defence Budget
Japan's Defense Ministry on Friday requested money for F-35 stealth fighter jets as part of its biggest-ever budget to bolster its ability to defend remote southern islands, including ones also claimed by an increasingly assertive China.
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Japan steps up surveillance posture against China: reports
Japan bolstered its military surveillance capabilities in the southern island region of Okinawa over the weekend, reports said, as territorial tensions with China simmer.
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Japan, Philippines alarmed by China's new defence air zone
Japan's defence minister said today that China's recently declared maritime air defence zone over the East China Sea raises regional tensions.
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China Defence Ministry denies Japan radar incident
Beijing's Defence Ministry on Friday denied Japanese allegations that a Chinese warship's radar system had locked onto one of Japan's vessels, and accused Tokyo of hyping the "China threat".
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Japan protests to China after radar pointed at vessel
A Chinese navy vessel aimed a type of radar normally used to aim weapons at a target at a Japanese navy ship in the East China Sea, prompting Japan to protest, Japan's defence minister said on Tuesday, an action that could complicate efforts to cool tension in a territorial row between the rivals.
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Japan Offers To Boost Sri Lanka's Security As China Makes Inroads
Japan has pledged to help strengthen Sri Lanka's maritime security, authorities said Tuesday, in a new sign of efforts to counter China's strategic grip on the Indian Ocean island.
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Japan To Acquire Air-Launched Missiles Able To Strike North Korea
Japan is to acquire medium-range, air-launched cruise missiles, capable of striking North Korea, a controversial purchase of what will become the longest-range munitions of a country that has renounced the right to wage war.
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North Korea Threat Is 'Critical, Imminent,' Japan Tells US, South Korea
The threat from North Korea has grown to a "critical and imminent level" and the United States, Japan and South Korea must address the matter, Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera told his U.S. and South Korean counterparts in talks on Monday.
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US, Japan To Advance Security, Defence Ties With India, South Korea And Australia
The US and Japan have agreed to advance their multilateral security and defence cooperation with India, South Korea and Australia in view of North Korea's dangerous provocative behaviour, leaders of the countries have said.
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Japan Could Legally Intercept A Guam-Bound North Korea Missile: Report
Japan could legally intercept a North Korean missile headed towards Guam, Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said on Thursday in remarks reported by Kyodo news service.
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Eyeing China, Japan Seeks Record Defence Budget
Japan's Defense Ministry on Friday requested money for F-35 stealth fighter jets as part of its biggest-ever budget to bolster its ability to defend remote southern islands, including ones also claimed by an increasingly assertive China.
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Japan steps up surveillance posture against China: reports
Japan bolstered its military surveillance capabilities in the southern island region of Okinawa over the weekend, reports said, as territorial tensions with China simmer.
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Japan, Philippines alarmed by China's new defence air zone
Japan's defence minister said today that China's recently declared maritime air defence zone over the East China Sea raises regional tensions.
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China Defence Ministry denies Japan radar incident
Beijing's Defence Ministry on Friday denied Japanese allegations that a Chinese warship's radar system had locked onto one of Japan's vessels, and accused Tokyo of hyping the "China threat".
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Japan protests to China after radar pointed at vessel
A Chinese navy vessel aimed a type of radar normally used to aim weapons at a target at a Japanese navy ship in the East China Sea, prompting Japan to protest, Japan's defence minister said on Tuesday, an action that could complicate efforts to cool tension in a territorial row between the rivals.
