U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a critical minerals deal aimed at countering China, with the American leader also backing the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/asia-pacific/politics/trump-albanese-minerals-us-australia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #donaldtrump #australia #anthonyalbanese #rareearths #china #aukus #defense
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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