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
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
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
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
Japan’s Self-Defense Forces on Thursday spotted for the first time China’s biggest and most advanced aircraft carrier, Fujian, as the vessel sailed in the East China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/china-biggest-carrier-spotted-in-east-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #fujian #senkakus #aircraftcarriers #sdf
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
The U.S. military is for the first time bringing some of its most advanced missile systems for keeping Chinese forces at bay to joint training with Japan, part of a gradual policy shift by Tokyo. What does this all mean? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/us-deploying-missiles-system-in-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #us #missiles #defense #usmilitary #china #pla #sdf #defenseministry
China’s massive military parade through Beijing on Wednesday showed off scores of cutting-edge new weapons, with many specifically designed to keep U.S., Japanese and other allied forces at bay in the event of conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/asia-pacific/china-military-parade-weapons-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #taiwan #sdf #defense #chinajapanrelations #uschinarelations #us #usmilitary #missiles #drones
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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En 2017, #Macron avait promis qu'il n'y aurait « d’ici à la fin de l’année, […] plus personne dans les rues ».
=> Depuis 2017, le nb de sans-abri a doublé en #France pour atteindre le chiffre record de 350 000 personnes contraintes à vivre à la rue ou en hébergement d’urgence.
En 2022, devant le nombre record d’enfants #SDF & sans solution d’hébergement, le #gouvernement s’était engagé sur le principe de parvenir au « zéro enfant à la rue »
=> Le nb d‘enfants de - de 3 ans à la rue à la rentrée 2025 a augmenté de 8 % par rapport à 2024 et de 37 % par rapport à 2022
Et pendant ce temps, la fortune des + riches a explosé.
8 ans de #macronisme ...
Ratio Piketty d'inégalité de revenu (Top 10% / Bottom 50%) en France entre 2000 et 2021
La courbe diminue jusqu'en 2014 puis augmente très fortement depuis
Revenu mensuel moyen du top 0,001% (les 500 plus riches) en France entre 1945 et 2021.
La courbe devient verticale entre 2017 et 2020
En 2017, #Macron avait promis qu'il n'y aurait « d’ici à la fin de l’année, […] plus personne dans les rues ».
=> Depuis 2017, le nb de sans-abri a doublé en #France pour atteindre le chiffre record de 350 000 personnes contraintes à vivre à la rue ou en hébergement d’urgence.
En 2022, devant le nombre record d’enfants #SDF & sans solution d’hébergement, le #gouvernement s’était engagé sur le principe de parvenir au « zéro enfant à la rue »
=> Le nb d‘enfants de - de 3 ans à la rue à la rentrée 2025 a augmenté de 8 % par rapport à 2024 et de 37 % par rapport à 2022
Et pendant ce temps, la fortune des + riches a explosé.
8 ans de #macronisme ...
Ratio Piketty d'inégalité de revenu (Top 10% / Bottom 50%) en France entre 2000 et 2021
La courbe diminue jusqu'en 2014 puis augmente très fortement depuis
Revenu mensuel moyen du top 0,001% (les 500 plus riches) en France entre 1945 et 2021.
La courbe devient verticale entre 2017 et 2020
The U.S. military will deploy a new short-range air defense system in next month's joint drill with Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, informed sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/us-new-air-defense-system-japan-drill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #usmilitary#usbases #sdf #okinawa
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Can anyone at @SDF@mastodon.sdf.org or @SDF@social.sdf.org confirm whether https://lemmy.sdf.org is down temporarily or for good?
#lemmy #sdf
Can anyone at @SDF@mastodon.sdf.org or @SDF@social.sdf.org confirm whether https://lemmy.sdf.org is down temporarily or for good?
#lemmy #sdf
There is no clearer sign of the vitality of Japan-U.K. security cooperation than the visit to Japan this month of the British aircraft carrier Prince of Wales and its multinational carrier strike group, CSG25. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/08/15/operation-highmast/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #japan #uk #japanukties#hmsprinceofwales #operationhighmast #sdf #keirstarmer
Japan should feel rest assured that the Osprey aircraft are being deployed strategically, capably and safely. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/14/japan/dont-worry-over-osprey-safety-measures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #v22osprey #gsdf #sdf #usmarines #defense #usjapanrelations #airforce
The Ground Self-Defense Force has completed relocating 17 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft to a new camp in the city of Saga from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, the Defense Ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/society/osprey-deployment-camp-saga-completed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #sdf #gsdf #osprey #defenseministry #saga
Australia’s purchase of Japanese frigates marks a historic deal that boosts Japan’s defense industry and deepens shared strategic ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/08/08/the-japan-and-australia-defense-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #australia #australiajapanrelations #defense#mogami #sdf #msdf #defenseministry