The international community has entered “a new era of crisis” amid China’s growing military assertiveness and U.S. President Donald Trump’s Indo-Pacific policies, Japan’s new annual defense report says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/politics/japan-defense-white-paper-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #defense #defenseministry #sdf #china #taiwan #pla #us #usmilitary #budgets #donaldtrump #usjapanrelations
A 92-year-old man who was inspired as a boy by a WWII-era commando has come to question Japan's wartime actions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/japan/history/giretsu-kuteitai-airborne-unit-wwii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #kumamoto #okinawa #fukuoka #wwii #giretsukuteitai #imperialjapanesearmy #usmilitary
Amid ongoing tariff talks, U.S. leader Donald Trump is again demanding Asian allies spend more on stationing American troops and for their own security — a sign that he is continuing to link trade with defense issues. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/politics/us-japan-south-korea-tariffs-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #defense #budgets #trade #tariffs #china #usmilitary#leejaemyung #shigeruishiba #southkorea
A senior officer of the U.S. Marine Corps on Thursday apologized to Okinawa Prefecture over a recent conviction of a Marine for sexually assaulting a woman in the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/japan/crime-legal/us-military-apologizes-over-okinawa-sexual-assault/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #usmilitary#usbases #okinawa #sexcrimes #japanesecourts
U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium "in a matter of months," despite damage to several nuclear facilities from U.S. and Israeli attacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/world/iran-enrich-uranium-iaea-months/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iaea #iran #nuclearweapons #us #israel #donaldtrump#rafaelgrossi #usmilitary
The U.S. Army aims to play a pivotal role in deterring China by establishing a firm presence in the Indo-Pacific, according to the service's Asia Pacific deputy commander. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/asia-pacific/us-army-pacific-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #usmilitary #us #china #pla #taiwan #sdf #usjapanrelations #defense #indopacific
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would “get the conflict solved with North Korea,” while also saying that such a conflict "wouldn't involve us.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/asia-pacific/politics/donald-trump-north-korea-kim-jong-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #us #southkorea #nuclearweapons #kimjongun #donaldtrump #usmilitary #defense #missiles
Israel and Iran appeared to honor a ceasefire brokered by Donald Trump after the U.S. leader lashed out at both sides for breaches, while the U.N. nuclear watchdog pushed for resumed inspections at Iranian atomic sites. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/world/politics/trump-truce-iran-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #israel #us #usmilitary #donaldtrump #nuclearweapons #middleeast
A preliminary classified U.S. report says the American bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites set back Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months, with much of its stockpile of enriched uranium moved beforehand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/world/us-iran-strikes-failure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iran #us #usmilitary #defense #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #middleeast #israel
Iran launched a missile attack on an American air base in Qatar on Monday that caused no injuries, and President Donald Trump dismissed it as a "weak response" to U.S. attacks, while urging Iran and Israel to make peace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/world/politics/us-strikes-iran-response/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #us #israel #middleeast #donaldtrump #nuclearweapons #usmilitary #qatar