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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be the Pentagon's top Asia official has urged Japan to ramp up its defense budget, saying Tokyo “has long underemphasized spending for its own defense.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/japan-us-defense-spending-pentagon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #defense #budgets #shigeruishiba #defenseministry #indopacific #johnnoh #sanaetakaichi

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

An expert panel has called for Japan’s next-gen subs to be able to operate longer and strike targets from father away. Easier said than done, analysts say, amid an array of technical and political challenges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/japan-nuclear-submarines-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sdf #defense #submarines #nuclearenergy #missiles #china #us #indopacific #pla

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a major mutual defense treaty mainly intended to offset China’s expanding military clout in the South Pacific and prevent it from projecting power in the area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/asia-pacific/politics/australia-papua-new-guinea-defense-treaty-signed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #papuanewguinea #australia #defense #china #indopacific

The Japan Times

With eye on China, Australia and Papua New Guinea ink mutual defense pact

The agreement is mainly intended to offset China’s expanding military clout in the South Pacific and prevent Beijing from projecting power through Australia’s northern approach.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

India's challenge is to maintain strategic autonomy and to promote its vision of a more inclusive, rules-based and connected South and Southeast Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/05/world/indias-dangerous-neighborhood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #india #nepal #thailand #indopacific #southeastasia #malaysia #cambodia #defense #china #pakistan #bangladesh #democracy

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India’s reckoning with its dangerous neighborhood

All these stories point to a larger worrying trend: Democracy in India’s neighborhood is in retreat.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days 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 7 days 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

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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 last week

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

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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 2 weeks ago

Japan is recalibrating its core foreign policy principles to navigate an assertive China, a transactional U.S. and a shifting regional order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/23/world/japan-foreign-policy-in-uncharted-waters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #china #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #aukus #thequad #asean #indopacific

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

Japan and India can secure sustained U.S. engagement in the Indo-Pacific by building energy, technology and defense partnerships so commercially and strategically compelling that Washington cannot afford to walk away. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/17/world/japan-india-us-indo-pacific/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #usjapanrelations #indiajapanrelations #india #us #aukus #thequad #indopacific

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Japan and India must anchor America in the Indo-Pacific

Neither Japan or India possess the military strength to counter China independently.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks 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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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Australia has said it will deploy a $1.1 billion fleet of "Ghost Shark" underwater attack drones to bolster its maritime firepower. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/asia-pacific/australia-ghost-shark-drones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #australia #drones #china #indopacific

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

The Philippines is working on a new set of internal rules and protocols to better coordinate the actions of agencies in contentious areas of the South China Sea, as Manila responds to Beijing's gray-zone activities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/asia-pacific/philippines-south-china-sea-rules-of-engagement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #china #pla #southchinasea #disputedislands #indopacific

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

The second Trump administration is reshaping global alliances by pushing allies to spend more on defense and pursuing peace through strategic diplomacy, military, economic and informational strategies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/09/world/trump-doctrines-challenge-to-allied-unity/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #nato #ukraine #russia #china #indopacific #defense

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

The commander of a British aircraft carrier strike group said in an exclusive interview that the group will have achieved "full operating capability" by the time it returns home, following a landmark visit to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/asia-pacific/uk-aircraft-carrier-commander-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #uk #ukjapanrelations #defense #indopacific #aircraftcarriers #f35 #sdf

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Surrounded by Chinese military bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm on the front line of a simmering territorial dispute between Beijing and Manila in the flash point South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/asia-pacific/philippines-pagasa-island-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands #china #indopacific

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Tokyo faces an impossible choice between an unreliable America and an assertive China. The solution? Don’t choose. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/28/japan/a-post-american-indo-pacific/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #indopacific #china #us #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Japan’s successful offer of state-of-the-art warships to Australia will be a "model" case for future exports, senior defense officials say, as Tokyo eyes Southeast Asian nations as possible destinations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/17/japan/japan-mogami-defense-exports-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanaustraliarelations #defense #defenseministry #southeastasia #indopacific #australia

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Trump’s focus on commerce and personal negotiation style suggests he favors a “grand bargain” with China, even if that means sidelining traditional security concerns like Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/12/world/a-look-at-trumps-china-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #us #donaldtrump #chinausrelations #taiwan #indopacific #chineseeconomy #useconomy

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Following a trade deal with Seoul, the United States’ focus is now expected to shift to reorienting defense ties with South Korea as the two countries’ leaders meet for a summit that could reset their military alliance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/10/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-us-trump-lee-summit-preview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #us#leejaemyung #donaldtrump #northkorea #china #defense #budgets #usmilitary #indopacific

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

This year’s Exercise Talisman Sabre multinational military drills saw over 80 "firsts" in which participants either tested new systems or performed combined activities for the first time, the exercise’s director said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/asia-pacific/talisman-sabre-military-exercise/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indopacific #us #usmilitary #defense #sdf

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