Discussion
Loading...

#Tag

  • About
  • Code of conduct
  • Privacy
  • Users
  • Instances
  • About Bonfire
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days 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

  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
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

  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Trump keeps treating the nation’s allies with such contempt that the consequences will be lasting and ugly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/22/world/allies-no-longer-trust-the-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #benjaminnetanyahu #russia #poland #nato #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #china #taiwan #aukus #thequad

  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks 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

The Japan Times

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.
  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
The Japan Times
@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

The Japan Times

Japan and India must anchor America in the Indo-Pacific

Neither Japan or India possess the military strength to counter China independently.
  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks 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

  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Australia will spend billions to upgrade shipyard facilities for a future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, the government said Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/politics/australia-aukus-submarine-shipyard/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia#aukus #us #submarines #donaldtrump #marcorubio#richardmarles

  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The United States has said it is aiming to complete a review of its AUKUS security partnership with Britain and Australia by the fall, buying Canberra more time to convince Washington of the pact's importance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/asia-pacific/politics/aukus-us-pentagon-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics#aukus #us #uk #australia #submarines #defense #elbridgecolby #defense #indopacific #china

  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Australia's ambassador to Washington has said his country is working with the Pentagon on the U.S. Defense Department's review of the AUKUS submarine project and is confident that all issues raised will be resolved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/19/asia-pacific/politics/australia-us-aukus-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #australia #kevinrudd #elbridgecolby #donaldtrump#aukus #china #taiwan

  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

The U.S. is shifting away from broad multilateralism toward smaller minilateral alliances, compelling allies like Japan to boost defense commitments and align more directly with Washington’s strategic priorities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/26/world/trump-and-death-of-multilateralism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nato #g7#aukus #quad #indopacific #china #us #donaldtrump #usjapanrelations #chinausrelations #euusrelations

  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Britain will reintroduce fighter jets capable of carrying atomic weapons to support NATO's nuclear mission, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office said, as he prepares for a Nato summit Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/world/politics/uk-nuclear-capable-aircraft-nato/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #defense #nuclearweapons #nato#aukus

  • Copy link
  • Flag this post
  • Block
Log in

bonfire.cafe

A space for Bonfire maintainers and contributors to communicate

bonfire.cafe: About · Code of conduct · Privacy · Users · Instances
Bonfire social · 1.0.0-rc.3.13 no JS en
Automatic federation enabled
  • Explore
  • About
  • Members
  • Code of Conduct
Home
Login