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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

I helped establish the Office of Countering Violent Extremism in 2016. In July, Trump shut us down. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/18/world/trump-is-killing-programs-that-prevent-terrorism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #charliekirk #terrorism #defense

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Why is Trump killing programs designed to prevent terrorism?

Political violence is rising worldwide while the Trump administration dismantles prevention programs, weakening U.S. security and global counterterrorism efforts.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a formal mutual defense pact, in a move that significantly strengthens a decadeslong security partnership amid heightened regional tensions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/world/politics/saudi-arabia-pakistan-defence-pact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #saudiarabia #pakistan #defense

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Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact amid regional tensions

The enhanced defense ties come amid growing uncertainty about the reliability of the United States as a long-standing security guarantor, and after an attack on Qatar by Israel.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

African leaders warn that global military spending being at its highest since the Cold War is leaving less international aid available to help their countries adapt to the climate crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/world/military-africa-climate-finance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #defense #africa #climatechange

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Military spending eats into Africa's climate finance

Climate change impacts Africa the most of any continent despite it contributing less than 10% to global carbon emissions, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Japan would be a "capable participant" in the evolving U.S.-U.K.-Australia defense partnership, an unreleased U.S. State Department assessment to Congress has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/japan-role-in-us-uk-australia-defense-pact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #defense #defenseministry #sdf #aukus

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U.S. State Department sees Japanese role in AUKUS defense pact

Japan 'expressed interest in a range' of projects underway as part of the second leg of the pact, an assessment said.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Japan's government has pledged to give heavy machinery for disaster relief worth ¥400 million ($2.73 million) to Papua New Guinea under its official security assistance program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/official-security-assistance-to-papua-new-guinea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #papuanewguineajapanrelations #papuanewguinea #defense #china

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Japan to give disaster-relief machinery to Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is among eight countries to which Japan plans to provide defense equipment in fiscal 2025 under its official security assistance program.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Australia and Papua New Guinea have postponed signing a major mutual defense treaty, Canberra’s latest stumble as it seeks to counterbalance Beijing’s expanding presence and clout in the Pacific region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/asia-pacific/politics/australia-papua-new-guinea-defense-treaty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia #indopacific #papuanewguinea #defense #china #anthonyalbanese #jamesmarape

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Australia and Papua New Guinea delay mutual defense pact

The postponement was Canberra’s latest stumble as it seeks to counterbalance Beijing’s expanding presence and clout in the Pacific region.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

China’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday offered the latest hint that its third and largest aircraft carrier could soon enter service, after it undergoes further testing and training in the disputed South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/china-fujian-aircraft-carrier-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #aircraftcarriers #pla #southchinasea #taiwan #disputedislands #chinajapanrelations #defense #defenseministry

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Recent moves raise broader strategic questions for U.S. forces in South Korea beyond simple troop numbers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/16/world/trump-and-the-south-korea-alliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #southkorea #us #southkoreausrelations #china #northkorea #defense#leejaemyung

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Astroscale Holdings, which had 30% of its record quarterly revenue in the first quarter come from defense contracts, expects satellite orders to rise under new space-defense guidelines from the U.K. and Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/companies/astroscale-satellite-orders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #astroscale #satellites #uk #space #defense #defenseministry

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Australia is confident its wide-ranging AUKUS security agreement will push ahead despite a Pentagon review, sources said, with Canberra recently announcing at least $9 billion in related defense investments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/aukus-us-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific#aukus #us #donaldtrump #australia #uk #defense #china #anthonyalbanese

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Thousands of Poles are signing up for voluntary military training as the Polish Army seeks to fill its ranks with professional and voluntary personnel out of concern for Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/politics/russia-poland-military-training/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #poland #europe #eu #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #defense

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister condemned upcoming joint military drills by South Korea, the U.S. and Japan as a "reckless show of strength" that would bring "bad results." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/north-korea-military-exercises/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #kimyojong #kimjongun #northkorea #nuclearweapons #southkorea #usmilitary #sdf #defense

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

The Defense Ministry plans to have the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Chokai test-fire a U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missile in the United States by next summer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/japan/msdf-chokai-test-fire-tomahawk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #defense #msdf #missiles #aegis #usjapanrelations #sdf #usmilitary #china #northkorea #russia

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

The Chinese military denounced a second joint patrol this month in the South China Sea involving the Philippines and partner navies, as tensions in the waterway soar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/politics/japan-south-china-sea-patrol/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southchinasea #china #pla #philippines #defense #sdf #msdf #disputedislands #usmilitary

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

To equate Japan in the 1940s with Israel today would be false; one was an imperial autocracy, the other a modern democracy. But both reveal the tragedy of citizens carried by the tide of war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/12/world/war-responsibility-across-borders-generations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #imperialjapan #israel #gaza #war #defense

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

France will deploy three fighter jets to "help protect Polish airspace," President Emmanuel Macron said, after Warsaw accused Russia of launching a drone raid on its territory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/world/france-poland-fighter-jets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #france #poland #russia #fighterjets #defense #russiaukrainewar

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Japan has successfully test-fired a railgun against a target vessel at sea, taking it a step closer to becoming the first nation to deploy the cutting-edge weapon system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/railgun-test-firing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #defenseministry #defense #guns #msdf

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Japan and the Philippines are set to intensify joint military activities after a visiting-forces agreement entered into force, paving the way for rotational Self-Defense Force deployments to the Southeast Asian country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/raa-take-effect/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #raa #philippinesjapanrelations #defense #sdf

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A suspected Russian incursion involving drones in Poland is raising questions for NATO over whether it is well equipped enough to deal with such threats. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/world/poland-airspace-incursion-nato-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #nato #poland #defense #russiaukrainewar #drones

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Virtually all nuclear weapons trends are negative and the institutions built to address them are failing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/09/world/nuclear-picture-grows-darker/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nuclearweapons #defense #us #china #northkorea #russia #nuclearnonproliferationtreaty#npt

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