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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was holding her first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, with trade and security issues on the agenda, as Japan’s new leader looks to cultivate ties with her counterpart. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/politics/trump-takaichi-us-japan-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #usjapanrelations #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #usmilitary #defense #trade #tariffs #investments #budgets #ldp

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

U.S. President Donald Trump was bound for Tokyo on Monday, where he is set to meet the emperor in the evening and new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday for a summit that will focus on trade and defense spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/politics/trump-takaichi-japan-arrives/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #usjapanrelations #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #usmilitary #defense #trade #tariffs #investments #budgets #ldp

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

The plot of "A House of Dynamite" hinges on — spoiler alert — U.S. missile defenses failing to knock down a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile headed for Chicago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/world/pentagon-house-of-dynamite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #usmilitary #film #ahouseofdynamite #missiles #defense

The Japan Times

Pentagon frets over ‘A House of Dynamite’ nuclear doomsday film

The Pentagon agency responsible for the more than $50 billion system of ground-based interceptors designed to avoid just such a scenario isn’t happy about it.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

The Pentagon said it received an anonymous $130 million donation to pay the military during the U.S. government shutdown, a move the administration might not legally be able to carry out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/world/politics/pentagon-anonymous-gift-pay-troops/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #usmilitary #budgets #congress #donaldtrump

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Pentagon received $130 million anonymous gift to pay troops

The Pentagon said it received a donation to pay the military amid the government shutdown, but using it would be legally questionable.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

The Pentagon on Friday ordered the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/world/politics/trump-aircraft-carrier-latin-america/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #latinamerica #southamerica #venezuela #colombia #donaldtrump #usmilitary #aircraftcarriers #drugs

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Lasting peace in Gaza will require a large Arab-led peacekeeping force supported by U.S. troops stationed nearby for coordination, security and rapid response — but not direct combat inside Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/23/world/no-gaza-peace-without-us-troops/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #israel #gaza #hamas #idf #usmilitary #defense

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The Gaza peace plan will fail without American troops

Trump has been clear that he is not enthusiastic about overseas troop deployments in general — and the use of U.S. boots on the ground in Gaza may be a bridge too far.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

A U.S. appellate court has ruled the hundreds of national guard troops sent to Chicago by President Donald Trump can remain in Illinois but cannot be deployed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/world/us-court-national-guard-not-deploy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #chicago #us #usmilitary #donaldtrump #immigration

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

The Trump administration said on Saturday it would pay troops during the federal government shutdown by tapping unused funds that had been set aside for research and development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/world/politics/us-military-pay-troops-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #congress #us #usmilitary #donaldtrump #budgets

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

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/trump-jailing-democrats-threat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #chicago #portland #usmilitary #donaldtrump #immigration

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

A Pentagon review of the AUKUS pact is a "brass-tack” evaluation of its affordability and whether the agreement fits with President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy priorities, a Defense Department nominee has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/asia-pacific/politics/pentagon-review-aukus-nominee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #usmilitary #aukus #defense #us #uk #australia #congress #submarines

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump labeled Chicago a "war zone" as a justification for deploying soldiers there, while a judge blocked the White House from sending troops to Portland. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/world/politics/trump-us-cities-war-zones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #chicago #portland #usmilitary #donaldtrump #immigration

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Trump administration brands U.S. cities war zones

An escalating political crisis across the country is pitting Trump's anti-crime and migration crackdown against Democrats who accuse him of an authoritarian power grab.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

U.S. President Donald Trump rewrote Washington’s rules for dealing with China in his first presidency, upending decades of policy. In his second term, China hawks fear that Trump is going soft. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/politics/china-hawks-trump-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #uschinarelations #tech #tariffs #trade #donaldtrump #pla #usmilitary #defense

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China hawks grow queasy over Trump’s push for deals with Beijing

As Trump pursues a trade pact with the U.S.’s biggest economic and strategic rival, advocates of a tougher China policy fear they’re being sidelined inside the administration.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

China is transforming parts of its east coast into a platform for potential missile strikes against Taiwan and the nearby seas — a move crucial to bringing Taipei under Beijing’s control and fending off U.S. forces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/asia-pacific/china-missiles-threatening-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla #missiles #usmilitary #asia #indopacific #defense

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The missiles threatening Taiwan

China is transforming parts of its east coast into a platform for potential missile strikes against Taiwan and the nearby seas as it eyes taking the democratic island.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

A federal judge has temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops to the city of Portland while a lawsuit challenging the move plays out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/world/trump-national-guard-portland-blocked/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #portland #usmilitary #immigration

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U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump's national guard deployment to Portland

The ruling is a setback for Trump as he seeks to dispatch the military to cities he describes as lawless over the objections of their Democratic leaders.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has deployed "special assets" in response to what he called Washington's arms build-up in the South, state media reported Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/asia-pacific/north-korea-special-assets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #us #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #missiles #donaldtrump #usmilitary

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North Korea says 'special assets' deployed against South

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claimed the U.S.-South Korea 'nuclear alliance' is 'conducting various kinds of exercises to execute dangerous scenarios.'
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said President Donald Trump plans to call up 300 members of the state’s national guard, defying opposition from local and state leaders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/world/politics/chicago-trump-national-guard/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #immigration #us #chicago #usmilitary #donaldtrump

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Illinois governor says Trump to send National Guard to state over his objection

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said President Donald Trump plans to call up 300 members of the state’s national guard, defying local political opposition.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth advocate a more militaristic approach to military preparedness with an inward-looking defense strategy focused on domestic issues while sidelining global threats and alliances. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/10/03/trump-and-hegseth-address-to-military-officers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #us #usmilitary #defense #donaldtrump #china #petehegseth #indopacific

The Japan Times

Trump and Hegseth advance militaristic noise over nuance

For countries that study U.S. actions closely, this week’s spectacle was anything but reassuring.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

With remarks about making U.S. cities “training grounds” for the military, it would be easy to overlook another signal in Trump’s speech to U.S. commanders — his foreign policy is about to turn even more inward-looking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/world/politics/trump-national-defense-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #usmilitary #defense #donaldtrump #china #immigration #petehegseth #indopacific

The Japan Times

Trump speech to military brass hints at looming Pentagon shift to focus on homeland

Amid a litany of talking points were Trump’s hints at an increasingly inward-looking foreign policy stance.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

President Donald Trump told top military brass that the U.S. is fighting an "invasion from within,” as he used a highly unusual gathering of officers stationed around the world to deliver a largely political speech. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/world/politics/trump-hegseth-military-speeches/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #petehegseth #donaldtrump #us #usmilitary

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Trump tells military brass U.S. faces ‘invasion from within’

The president has sought to involve the military in his political agenda despite fears by top officers that this could erode support for an institution meant to be apolitical.
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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last month

#Trump & #Hegseth #military address🤬🧵

#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth addressed the gathering of military leaders earlier.

He assailed what he called "decades of #decay" caused by policies promoting #diversity & #inclusion in the #USmilitary.

"Foolish & reckless political leaders set the wrong compass heading & we lost our way. We became the 'Woke Department,'" Hegseth said as he kicked off the event in Quantico, Virginia.

"But not anymore," he said.

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