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Fumiko Kishida will become the next prime minister of Japan after winning a dramatic runoff in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership vote today. He will be Japan’s third prime minister…
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday (Sept 3) he will not run for his ruling party’s leadership, effectively ending his tenure and throwing wide open the race for the next…
Japanese media has reported that Japan has decided that it will develop the engine for the F-X fighter with help from Britain. Rolls-Royce will partner with Japan’s IHI Corporation and both will…
South Korea was to stage an annual military exercise around its easternmost islets of Dokdo on Tuesday after Japan protested the planned drill and called off an agreed-upon summit between the two…
Having a deep interest in all things related to the military (from history, equipment, tactics, doctrine, organization and so on) since elementary school, as a child I sometimes wondered how a modern…
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-Relations/Russia-flaunts-China-ties-with-massive-Far-East-war-games Russia is gearing up to carry out its biggest war games in nearly four decades, inviting China to showcase their growing military cooperation amid the countries’ increasing friction with the U.S. The Vostok-2018 exercises,…
Japan and North Korea held secret meeting as Shinzo Abe ‘loses trust’ in Donald Trump Japan held a “secret” meeting with North Korea in Vietnam in July without informing the United States,…
Original Article: Asia Times: ‘Faux pacifists’ imperil Japan while empowering China by Kerry K Gershaneck Professor Kerry K Gershaneck is currently a scholar at the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies, National Chengchi University,…
Cover Photo & Original Article by SCMP / Kyodo: Shinzo Abe and Kim Jong-un could meet after North Korean leader says he’s willing So in the Japanese newspaper, Sankei Shimbun (産経ニュース) reported that…
Original Article: Nikkei Asian Review: Malaysia asks Japan for yen loan to solve financial woes by CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer June 12, 2018 18:12 JST Cover Photo by Uichiro Kasai Malaysia is seeking…