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... like Japan, before attacking Iran in late February. "We didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan?" the president responded while sitting next to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. "Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor? Right?" The Japanese ...
... it would take it by force if needed. But the Strait of Hormuz aside, the global implications of the Iran war have also put the Japanese leader in a tougher spot with Trump as she seeks to ensure U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific region.Japan considers China a ...
... Japan’s defense industry and cooperation with the United States and other friendly nations.Oil in Alaska, rare earths in Japan A resource-poor nation, Japan is seeking to diversify oil suppliers and is finalizing a Japanese investment for increased oil production in Alaska and stockpiles in Japan, according to ...
Takaichi, soon after the election, said she is working to gain support for a visit to Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine. Visits to the shrine are seen by Japan’s neighbors as evidence of a lack of remorse for Japan’s wartime past. A stronger military that spends more and ...
... expected to maintain good relations with South Korea given shared concerns about threats from North Korea and China. But but Seoul would worry about a Japanese attempt to revise the country's pacifist constitution or to further build up military because of Japan's wartime past, said Leif-Eric Easley ...
... LDP party, together with its new partner, the Japan Innovation Party, will secure a majority in the 465-seat lower house, the more powerful of Japan’s two-chamber parliament. Recent surveys by major Japanese newspapers show a possibility that Takaichi’s party could win a simple majority on its ...
Taiwan says it has placed its forces on alert and called the Beijing government "the biggest destroyer of peace."
The disagreement escalated this month when Chinese aircraft carrier drills near southwestern Japan prompted Tokyo to protest when Chinese aircraft locked their radar on Japanese aircraft, which is considered possible preparation for firing missiles. The Defense Ministry, already alarmed by China’s rapid expansion of operations in the Pacific, will ...
... Japan, died Wednesday in his home country after a battle with colon cancer, the Japan Golf Tour said. He was 78. Ozaki was revered in Japan, a big hitter with a sense of style who won 94 times over 29 years on the Japan Golf Tour, the last one coming ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan was assessing damage Tuesday and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities. At least 34 people were injured, one seriously, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said. Most of them ...
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