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Tag: Japanese military

Posted inAnalysis

Japan’s new defense minister a blast from the past

by Scott Foster September 20, 2020September 24, 2020

Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, has selected Nobuo Kishi as his minister of defense. Kishi is former prime minister Shinzo Abe’s younger brother, adopted by the Kishi family to maintain the line. Abe’s grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, had a long career as an infamous official in Imperial Japan’s colony of Manchukuo (Manchuria). An accused but never […]

Posted inBeijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Beijing slams Japan defense paper as Tokyo eyes missile shield

by Asia Times staff September 1, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan

Japan bolsters radar at outlying island as China steps up carrier activity

by Asia Times staff April 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Japan readies first ‘marine’ combat brigade since WWII

by Asia Times staff March 20, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAustralia, China, European Union, France, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Flawed US politics responsible for its problems – and the world’s

by Ken Moak February 20, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

The disconcerting role Japan will increasingly play as key US ally in East Asia

by Robert E. McCoy January 22, 2018
Posted inChina, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia

Japan eyes developing land-attack cruise missile against N. Korea

by Asia Times staff November 23, 2017February 18, 2020

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